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St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church
St. Mary's Forebank - geograph.org.uk - 879152.jpg
Forebank Road
56°28′02″N 2°58′15″W / 56.4671°N 2.9707°W / 56.4671; -2.9707
OS grid reference NO4029030974
Location Dundee
Country United Kingdom
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website SPSMblog.wordpress.com
History
Status Parish church
Dedication Our Lady of Victory
Events Towers added in 1901
Architecture
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Category B listed
Designated 4 February 1965
Style Romanesque Revival
Groundbreaking 1850
Completed 1851
Administration
Deanery St Mary, Dundee
Diocese Dunkeld
Province St Andrews and Edinburgh

St Mary, Our Lady of Victories Church is Roman Catholic Parish Church in Dundee, Scotland. It was built from 1850 and opened in 1851, twenty-seven years before the Restoration of the Scottish hierarchy. It is situated on Forebank Road, close to Ann Street. It is a Romanesque Revival church and a category B listed building.

History

Construction

Building work started on the church in 1850. In 1851, it was opened. The architect for the church was George Mathewson. He designed it to be in the style of Byzantine-Romanesque architecture.

Developments

From 1900 to 1901, the two towers and a narthex were added to the front of the church. They were designed by Thomas Martin Cappon and built by William G. Lamond in the Art Nouveau style. In 1926, additions were made to the church, these were designed by Reginald Fairlie. These additions included multiple side chapels.

Parish

The church also serves St Patrick's Church in the city. St Patrick's Church is situated on Arthurstone Terrace in the Stobswell area of the city, built from 1897 to 1899, was also designed by Thomas Martin Cappon and is a category B listed building. St Patrick's has one Sunday Mass at 9:30am.

St Mary's Church has one Sunday Mass at 11:15am.

See also

  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Dunkeld
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