Church of St. George & hall/walls/gates, Belvedere Rd (S Side),
Grade II* Listed
Date first listed:10/11/78
National Grid Ref: NZ3956SE (E) Serial no:920–1/22/17
Presbyterian church, now United Reformed church and joined by other congregations, with adjacent hall, and walls and gates attached. The church was built in 1888-90 by John Bennie Wilson of Glasgow, to replace the Villiers Street chapel because it was too small for the congregation. Much of the finance for the building was provided by the shipowner IA Bartram, who laid the foundation stone on February 7th 1889.
EXTERIOR
Rock-faced red Dumfries
sandstone with ashlar dressings; roof of small Lakeland slates with red
terracotta ridge tiles and stone gable finials.
Aisled 5-bay nave, transepts, and SW tower. Lancets and cusped roundels with distinctive tower.
INTERIOR
This shows an organ, cast-iron piers, galleries on 3 sides and boarded roof.
There is a
high quality carved stone pulpit of 1907, and in the centre of the organ is a memorial,
designed in consultation with the architect. There are Elders’ chairs in front of
the pulpit. Much original detail remains, including high quality pews. Stained glass of high
quality in most windows.
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