Listed Building

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Address/Name of Site

The Fathers House (former Rosemount Parish Church) including church hall, Rosemount Terrace, Caroline Place and Westburn Road, AberdeenLB19949

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
C
Date Added
19/03/1984
Last Date Amended
05/04/2018
Local Authority
Aberdeen
Planning Authority
Aberdeen
Burgh
Aberdeen
NGR
NJ 93313 6903
Coordinates
393313, 806903

Description

Gothic style church designed by William Smith, 1875-77. Cruciform-plan, pinned coursed rubble with unfinished tower in the angle between the nave and south transept. Interior subdivided to create an upper floor above the transept in the late 20th century.

Adjoining church hall at northwest designed in 1889-90 by architectural practice Jenkins and Marr. The interior of the church hall was converted for residential use in the 1990s.

Statement of Special Interest

The former Rosemount Parish Church is currently in use as a place of worship (2018).

The former Rosemount Parish Church is a good example of a Gothic style church built by a prominent regional architect during an intensive period of church building in Scotland in the second half of the 19th century. The church occupies a prominent island site at the junction of three roads and makes a significant contribution to the streetscape of the suburb of Rosemount.

The church was built by the Aberdeen Church Extension Association as the parish church for Rosemount and opened in 1877. Rosemount, a suburb to the north of Aberdeen city centre, developed from the 1830s with its greatest period of expansion occurring in the second half of the 19th century. The construction of the church hall was funded by the congregation of Rosemount Parish Church and completed in 1890.

William Smith was a prominent architect in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire in the second half of the 19th century. Smith was the City Architect (Superintendent of the Town's Works) for Aberdeen City between 1852 and 1891. He is best known for his work at Balmoral Castle.

Statutory address and listed building record revised in 2018. Previously listed as Rosemount Church (C. of S.), Rosemount Terrace, Caroline Place and Westburn Road.

References

Bibliography

Printed Sources

Brogden, W A, (1998) Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, Rutland Press, pp 126-127.

Gammie, A. (1909) Churches of Aberdeen: Historical and Descriptive, Aberdeen, p. 45.

Online Sources

Canmore, Canmore ID; 146811 https://canmore.org.uk/site/146811/aberdeen-rosemount-terrace-rosemount-church (accessed January 2018)

Dictionary of Scottish Architects, Jenkins & Marr http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=100358 (accessed January 2018)

Dictionary of Scottish Architects, William Smith II http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=201859 (accessed January 2018)

About Listed Buildings

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We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

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