Congregational Church, Panmure Street, Dundee

The former Congregational Church on Panmure Street in Dundee was designed by David Bryce in 1855 and later converted into a library and hall for Dundee High School by Wellwood/Leslie in 1985. This aisleless Gothic church features stugged rubble with pale ashlar dressings and a grey slate roof. The exterior includes a base course, cill course, buttresses, and a corniced coped parapet facing Euclid Crescent. Side elevations are adorned with three-light geometric-traceried pointed-arch windows that have chamfered reveals and hoodmoulds, while large rose windows are positioned at the gallery level on the north and south gables, with a hoodmould featuring mask label stops on the south side. The stair towers are marked by narrow square-headed and cusped lancet leaded lights.

The front elevation is symmetrical, showcasing a multiple-moulded pointed-arch doorcase at the center, complete with nookshafts and a hoodmould that has mask label stops. Above the doorcase is a rose window, and the gable is topped with a Celtic cross-finialled ashlar-coped design, featuring crocketted and finialled diagonal buttresses. To the left and right are three-stage octagonal stair towers, each with various windows and swept prismatic roofs that include louvred lucarnes and decorative finials.

The west elevation, facing Euclid Street, has four windows separated by buttresses, while the east elevation mirrors this design but lacks the buttresses and parapet. The north gable has an advanced center gable with a rose window and Celtic cross finial, a small stack to the left, and flanking traceried windows.

Inside, the church features stone newel stairs with decorative cast-iron balusters leading to the landings. The main body of the church is divided horizontally, retaining original capitals and a chancel arch, along with a hammerbeam roof. Additionally, there are cast-iron railings along Euclid Crescent.