St Luke's & Queen Street Church is a congregation of the
Church of Scotland in
Broughty Ferry, on the edge of
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
,
Scotland. The church building was completed in 1884 to designs by Edinburgh architect
Hippolyte Blanc, and is now protected as a category A
listed building.
History
St Luke's was established as a congregation of the
Free Church of Scotland Free Church of Scotland may refer to:
* Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), seceded in 1843 from the Church of Scotland. The majority merged in 1900 into the United Free Church of Scotland; historical
* Free Church of Scotland (since 1900), rema ...
in 1878, and worshipped in an iron building now in use as the church hall.
[ The Free Church merged with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1900, and then these merged with the Church of Scotland in 1929. In 1953, the congregation of St Luke's was united with that of Queen Street Church.][
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References
*''St Luke's & Queen Street Church - 125 Years On'' - A History compiled by Ian Munro
*''A Hundred Years 1878-1978'' - A Brief History compiled by Rev S G MacNab MA BD HCF (out of print)
External links
The church's website
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Broughty Ferry
Churches in Dundee
19th-century Presbyterian churches
Churches completed in 1884
19th-century Church of Scotland church buildings
Category A listed buildings in Dundee
Listed churches in Scotland
Hippolyte Blanc buildings
Broughty Ferry