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St Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Eastgate, Peebles

A Category B Listed Building in Peebles, Scottish Borders

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.652 / 55°39'7"N

Longitude: -3.1882 / 3°11'17"W

OS Eastings: 325328

OS Northings: 640464

OS Grid: NT253404

Mapcode National: GBR 6352.KR

Mapcode Global: WH6V5.063G

Plus Code: 9C7RMR26+QP

Entry Name: St Peter's Episcopal Chapel, Eastgate, Peebles

Listing Name: Eastgate, St Peter's Episcopal Church

Listing Date: 29 March 1995

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 384751

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB39164

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200384751

Location: Peebles

County: Scottish Borders

Town: Peebles

Electoral Ward: Tweeddale West

Traditional County: Peeblesshire

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Description

William Burn, 1833-6; chancel, vestry and porch, Hay & Henderson, 1882-4; vestry further enlarge 1932. Small rectangular-plan preaching-box with gothic front. Coursed whinstone rubble, cream sandstone ashlar dressings and front. Pointed-arch windows with Y-tracery.

NAVE: 3-bay; rectangular-plan. Gabled 3-bay symmetrical front with off-set buttresses terminating in tall finials dividing bays. Gabled and finialled whinstone porch (1882) to centre, doorway in pointed-arch panels, ashlar fanlight with patera. Tall cross window above with hood mould. Tall lancet windows to outer bays. parapet to centre with small gable and cross finial. Ashlar finals to rear skews.

CHANCEL: 2-bay, rectangular-plan. 2 gabled bays to E. N (end) elevation with tall stepped tripartite window. Small diamond-pane leaded windows. Slate roof.

INTERIOR: not seen 1994. Organ by Harrison, installed 1909; oak alter gifted in 1926.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. The entrance stairs were removed at the time of the 1882 alterations. The organ is one of the smallest three-manual instruments ever built.

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