Wishart Memorial Church, 114, 116 Cowgate, Dundee is a Grade B listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 June 1989. Church.
Wishart Memorial Church, 114, 116 Cowgate, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- under-courtyard-mint
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1989
- Type
- Church
- OS grid reference
- NO 407 307
- Coordinates
- 56.46511, -2.96356
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Wishart Memorial Church, located at 114 and 116 Cowgate in Dundee, was built in 1841. This classical church features a three-storey, five-bay symmetrical design above shops. The facade is made of ashlar, while the sides and rear are constructed from rubble. The ground floor has pilastered and corniced shop fronts, with a central pend that includes wrought-iron gates and cast-iron cartwheel guides. The central section is slightly recessed and contains three tall round-arched window recesses, with an inscription and date in the centre bay. The end bays feature paired narrow arched recesses, and all windows have been reglazed and reduced in size. A cornice and blocking course are present, raised pedimentally over the central three bays.
On the elevation facing St Roque's Lane, the ground floor cornice has been removed. There are two tall arched lights with original glazing behind boarding, and the base of the gable end stack is visible.
The rear elevation is three-storey and built from rubble, retaining its original fenestration. It includes three single central windows and paired side windows on the first and second floors, with arched windows on the second floor, featuring sash and case multi-paned glazing patterns. There are two wall head stacks.
The church has a piended slate roof. Inside, the ground floor has been largely altered, while the first and second floors feature a large galleried church with a U-plan gallery supported by eight cast-iron Corinthian columns. The soffit of the gallery is decorated with good plaster anthemion designs. The well of the gallery has been floored over, and there is a gallery cornice and ventilators, with a flat ceiling above.
Local climate
Wishart Memorial Church, 114, 116 Cowgate, Dundee receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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