Rubislaw Kirk

Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 12 Apr 2011

Built ca. 1875 in sandstone (because, apparently, granite was too expensive) and B-listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-19947-queen-s-cross-at-fountainhall-road-and-qu . Note how the massive set-back buttresses (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buttress ) on the tower each end in their own pinnacles. Note from Historic Scotland: Rubislaw Parish Church is particularly unusual in that it is constructed of sandstone not granite, like the majority of churches in Aberdeen. George Washington Wilson was supposedly willing to cover the cost of the granite, but his offer came too late, as the contract had already been let. The church was built as part of the extension scheme, carried out by the Church of Scotland from the 1870's. Its aim was to aid the development and progress of the Established Church, which had suffered badly in Aberdeen at the time of the Disruption. At this time three new parishes were established: Rosemount, Ferryhill and Queen's Cross (which Rubislaw Church serves). The tower and spire, galleries and church hall were added to Rubislaw Church in 1881, to help accommodate the rapidly expanding congregation. Lyall suggests that the spire was built to compete with Queen's Cross (Free) Church opposite, designed by J B Pirie, 1870-1881.

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