North Church is located in
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
,
Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross ( sco, Pairth an Kinross; gd, Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and S ...
, Scotland. Of
Church of Scotland
The Church of Scotland ( sco, The Kirk o Scotland; gd, Eaglais na h-Alba) is the national church in Scotland.
The Church of Scotland was principally shaped by John Knox, in the Scottish Reformation, Reformation of 1560, when it split from t ...
denomination, it is located on Mill Street, but its official address is 209 High Street (where its entrance is located behind the façades of the High Street properties). Completed in 1880, it is now a
Category B listed
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building.
The church's architect was
Thomas Lennox Watson
Thomas Lennox Watson (21 August 1850 – 12 October 1920), FRIBA, was a Scottish architect and interior designer. Born in Glasgow, he submitted designs for the city's City Chambers (1880) and Kelvingrove Art Gallery (1892) competitions, but w ...
.
[Thomas Lennox Watson]
– Dictionary of Scottish Architects
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In 1985, the church joined with the now-defunct
St Leonard's Parish Church, on Perth's King Street.
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See also
*List of listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
This is a list of listed buildings in the parish of Perth, Scotland.
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Category B listed buildings in Perth and Kinross
Listed churches in Scotland
North Church
1880 establishments in Scotland
Listed buildings in Perth, Scotland
19th-century Church of Scotland church buildings
Church of Scotland churches