St Peter's Episcopal Church, High Street, Linlithgow is a Grade B listed building in the West Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 18 December 1976. Church. 2 related planning applications.
St Peter's Episcopal Church, High Street, Linlithgow
- WRENN ID
- worn-solder-merlin
- Grade
- B
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lothian
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 18 December 1976
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St Peter's Episcopal Church, located on High Street in Linlithgow, was designed by Dick Peddie and Todd in 1928. This small Byzantine church is set back from the High Street, nestled between other buildings. It features a square plan with a semi-circular apse to the south and an interior designed in a Greek Cross layout, topped by a single-stage tower over the crossing. The church is constructed from bull-faced snecked cream sandstone with ashlar dressings, and it has base and band courses on the north face, along with round-arched windows.
The north elevation, which serves as the entrance, has a central round-headed doorcase with a Diocletian window in the gable pediment above. The doorcase is framed by columns with carved Celtic capitals that depict the Four Evangelists. Above the door, the tympanum features a sculpted vesica supported by angels, with a Celtic foliated arch adorned with grotesque birds and animals, and a guilloche design on the intrados. The entrance has a boarded door with cast-iron hinges, and the window is highlighted by a red tiled arch and gable skews.
The south elevation, or rear, is harled and includes a group of three windows in the apse. To the right, there is a flat-roofed single-storey vestry attached to the church.
The tower features a coped drum with ashlar corners and single lights with tiled arches. Curved ashlar buttresses support the corners of the main block below the eaves course. The tower is topped with a conical roof that has a cross finial.
The church has leaded glazing with a fishscale pattern, and the roof is covered with green slates on the north side and the tower, while the apse features a mix of red and green slates.
Inside, the church has broad piers at the corners with pierced arches that support a central dome, with the arches ringed in tiles. The walls are pilastered with stugged ashlar at the base, and there is a plaque on the west wall. Steps lead up to the apsidal sanctuary.
The stained glass window in the apse is tripartite, featuring Christ in the center, flanked by St Margaret and St Mildred, with nook shafts dividing and framing the figures.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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