St Mary's Church, Stirling

Church in Stirling, Scotland

56°07′25″N 3°56′33″W / 56.1235°N 3.9424°W / 56.1235; -3.9424OS grid referenceNS793940LocationStirlingCountryScotlandDenominationCatholicWebsiteStirlingStMarys.orgHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1838DedicationSaint MaryArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationCategory BDesignated3 February 1978^[1]Architect(s)Peter Paul PuginStyleGothic RevivalGroundbreaking4 May 1904Completed1905AdministrationProvinceSt Andrews and EdinburghArchdioceseSt Andrews and EdinburghDeaneryStirling^[2]ParishSt Mary's

St Mary's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stirling, Scotland. It was built from 1904 to 1905 and designed by Peter Paul Pugin in the Gothic Revival style. It is located between Upper Bridge Street and Crofthead Road to the north of the city centre. It is a category B listed building.^[3]

History

Foundation

In 1835, a plot of land on Irving Place was bought for the construction of a Catholic church. In 1836, construction work began. In 1838, the first Catholic church in Stirling since the Reformation was opened. It was the Church of the Most Holy Trinity.^[4]

Construction

Towards the end of the 1800s, the church was becoming too small to accommodate the increasing Catholic population in Stirling. On 4 May 1904, the foundation stone of the current church, St Mary's Church, was laid by the Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, James Smith.^[5] Construction of the church was partially paid for by Lady Agnes Murray of Polmaise Castle.^[4]^[6] The church was designed by Peter Paul Pugin in the Gothic Revival style.^[7] In 1905, the church was opened.^[8]

Parish

St Mary's Church is in the same parish as Holy Spirit Church and St Margaret of Scotland Church in Stirling. St Mary's Church has two Sunday Masses at 6:00pm on Saturday and 11:00am on Sunday.^[2]

References

^ St Mary's RC Church from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 24 June 2022
^ ^a ^b Churches from Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh, retrieved 24 June 2022
^ Scotland's Churches Trust, St Mary's Church, Stirling, 24 June 2022
^ ^a ^b Stirling Council, Gothic to Modernist: Two Stirling churches 1904-1970, Stirling Archives, retrieved 24 June 2022
^ "New Catholic Church for Stirling". Falkirk Herald and Midland Counties Journal. 7 May 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
^ Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, Polmaise Castle, retrieved 24 June 2022
^ Historic Environment Scotland, St Mary's RC Church, LB41093, retrieved 24 June 2022
^ Stirling Council, St Mary's Church, retrieved 24 June 2022