St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Place

St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Place

During the early nineteenth century the parish church of Holy Trinity on South Street became too small for the growing population of St Andrews. To address this problem, St Mary’s Church was built on the south side of what became known as St Mary’s Place. The church opened for Church of Scotland worship around 1840, and could seat up to 700 people. The new building was designed by the Edinburgh architect William Burn (who would go on to become a leading proponent of the Scottish baronial style). Following the extension of Holy Trinity in the early twentieth-century St Mary’s was no longer needed as a church and was converted into the Victory Memorial Hall (the name commemorates the ending of the First World War). The front of the building has seen major alterations. Much of the stone is now harled and the windows have been altered. However, the buttresses down each side of the building and the main entrance still reflect its original Victorian design.

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(1) Places of Worship in Scotland, Former St Mary’s Church, St Andrews: http://www.scottishchurches.org.uk/sites/site/id/8048/name/Former+St+Mary%27s+Church%2C+St+Andrews+St+Andrews+and+St+Leonards+Fife [Accessed 13 May 2021]. (2) Ordnance Survey Map of St Andrews, 1854, sheet 3: https://maps.nls.uk/view/74416778 [Accessed 3 May 2021].

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St Mary’s Church, St Mary’s Place

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