St Mary, Lochee
St Mary, Lochee (Immaculate Conception)
St Mary’s, the Church of the Immaculate Conception, on High Street, Lochee, Dundee, is a Category A Gothic Revival Roman Catholic church of 1865–66 by Joseph Aloysius Hansom, in the Diocese of Dunkeld.
- Location
- Lochee, Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- Tayside
- City / town
- Lochee
- Address
- High Street, Lochee, Tayside, DD2 3AP
- Postcode
- DD2 3AP
- Built
- 1865–66; opened 13 May 1866
- Architect
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Denomination
- Catholic Church
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Dunkeld
- Parish
- St Mary's (Immaculate Conception), Lochee
- Grade
- Category A
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Rubble with ashlar dressings; terracotta firebrick and sandstone interior; Welsh slate roofs
- Grid reference
- NO 380 314
- Opening hours
- Open by arrangement.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic Environment Scotland (LB25338, Category A, 4 February 1965) records a remarkable Gothic Revival church and asymmetrical presbytery by Hansom of London, 1865, rubble-built with ashlar dressings. Originally the Church of the Immaculate Conception, it was Dundee’s third Roman Catholic church and opened on 13 May 1866. Scotland’s Churches Trust describes a simple nave with narrow aisles leading to a polygonal chancel that rises into a spire; tall tower windows light the chancel against a darker nave; a polychrome stone and brick interior; an altarpiece by A. B. Wall of Cheltenham, 1897; stained glass by Mayer of Munich; and a floodlit well some twelve metres deep. HES Category A listing cannot be stored on the list-entry field used for Historic England and Cadw URLs.