Steeple Church, City Churches, Nethergate, Dundee is a Grade A listed building in the Dundee City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 12 July 1963. Church. 3 related planning applications.
Steeple Church, City Churches, Nethergate, Dundee
- WRENN ID
- old-cobalt-lark
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dundee City
- Constituency
- Dundee Central MP: Chris Law (SNP)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1963
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Steeple Church, City Churches, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DG
- OS grid reference
- NO 401 301
- Coordinates
- 56.45941, -2.973
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The Steeple Church, located in Nethergate, Dundee, was built between 1787 and 1788 under the supervision of Baillie A Thoms. This rectangular-plan church is designed in a simple Gothic style and is situated between St Mary's Tower and the pend through Old St Paul's and St David's Church. It features an ashlar exterior and a slate roof, with later cathedral-pane glazing.
On the southeast elevation, the church has no buttresses and consists of four bays with large Y-traceried pointed-arch windows. There is a continuous cill course and a band of blind quatrefoils beneath the corbelled eaves, along with angle pinnacles at the west gables.
The northeast elevation has five bays with similar detailing, including a central pointed-arch door located beneath a Y-traceried window.
Inside, the church has a simple rectangular layout that has been refurnished with 19th century pews and 20th century furnishings, including a pulpit. The rear gallery front features blind Gothick arcading with tassellated detail, and the original columns have been removed.
Local climate
Steeple Church, City Churches, Nethergate, 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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