St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath

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Coordinates: 56°33′36.8″N 2°34′43″W / 56.560222°N 2.57861°W / 56.560222; -2.57861
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St John's Methodist Church
Methodist
History
Founded6 May 1772
Founder(s)John Wesley
Architecture
Heritage designationCategory B
Designated11 October 1971

St John's Methodist Church, on Ponderlaw Street, Arbroath, Scotland, was founded by John Wesley on 6 May 1772.[1] The nave is octagonal and the church has been nicknamed Totum Kirkie from 'totum', an eight-sided spinning top, and 'kirk', the Scottish word for church. It is a listed building and the second-oldest[2] Methodist church in Scotland.

Architecture

St John's is an octagonal church — a style that was preferred by John Wesley.

Robert Lindsay (ON 874)
and six crew members in 1953.

The building became a Category B listed building on 11 October 1971.[2]

Manse

The Church's former manse, now Wesley House, located next door, is also a listed building.[6] It was built as a single-storey building in 1772; an upper storey was added in 1869.[3]

Commissioner of The Salvation Army and second in command to its founder William Booth,[7][8] was born in the manse. He was the son of Methodist missionaries, Lancelot Railton and his wife, Margaret Scott.[9] A blue plaque
marks his birthplace.

Archives

Archives relating to the church are held by Archive Services University of Dundee as part of the Arbroath and Montrose Methodist Circuit Collection.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath". Scotland's Churches Trust. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. ^ a b Historic Environment Scotland. "St. John's Methodist Church, 15 Ponderlaw Street (Category B Listed Building) (LB21147)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Arbroath Octagonal Chapel". Methodist Heritage. Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  4. ^ Serjeant, Ian. "Historic Methodist Architecture and its Protection". buildingconservation.com. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  5. ^ "St John's Methodist Church, Arbroath". Scottish Church Heritage Research. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  6. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Wesley House, Ponderlaw Street (Category C Listed Building) (LB21148)". Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  7. ^ Railton on the Salvation Army International Heritage Centre website
  8. ISBN 1-59467-206-7
  9. ^ Elizabeth Baigent, ‘Railton, David (1884–1955)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005
  10. ^ "Arbroath and Montrose Methodist Circuit". University of Dundee. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  11. ^ "MS 26 Methodist Church, Arbroath and Montrose". Archive Services Online Catalogue. University of Dundee. Retrieved 8 April 2013.

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