St Salvador, Dundee
St Salvador, Dundee
St Salvador’s is a Category A Scottish Episcopal church in Hilltown, Dundee, designed by George Frederick Bodley as an Anglo-Catholic mission church and one of only two Bodley churches in Scotland.
- Location
- Dundee, Tayside
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- Tayside
- City / town
- Dundee
- Address
- St Salvador Street, Dundee, Tayside, DD3 7EW
- Postcode
- DD3 7EW
- Built
- Halls 1857; nave 1865–68; chancel 1874
- Consecrated
- 1868
- Architect
- George Frederick Bodley
- Denomination
- Scottish Episcopal Church
- Dedication
- Salvador
- Diocese
- Brechin
- Parish
- St Salvador, Dundee
- Grade
- Category A
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Coursed rubble with ashlar dressings; steep slate roofs
- Grid reference
- NO 403 313
- Opening hours
- The church is open during service times midweek and on Sundays. It is also usually open for prayer and visitors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 12noon.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Bishop Alexander Penrose Forbes of Brechin founded the parish in 1856 as a mission to mill-workers in Hilltown. Worship began in the upper floor of Bodley’s 1857 school and hall. The nave followed in 1865–68 and the chancel in 1874. Historic Environment Scotland lists halls, nave and chancel as an important Gothic Revival landmark spanning Bodley’s shift from French to English Gothic (LB25314, designated 4 February 1965). The exterior is a simple Early English composition of coursed rubble, ashlar dressings and steep slate roofs.
The interior is richly stencilled (work associated with Bodley and Burlison and Grylls). Ceiling paintings are by Frederick Leach; the reredos and much of the stained glass are by Burlison and Grylls. Paintwork was retouched in 1907 and 1936 and restored in 1969–77 (Scottish Civic Trust award) and again in 2011.
The dedication uses the medieval Scottish form of Saint Saviour. The church is in the Diocese of Brechin.