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Overgate Centre, DUNDEE, DD1 1UF

This is a view along the public space outside the Overgate shopping centre. Having not visited this location before I guessed that the shopping centre was a 1990's build, which wasn't far out as it is a year 2000 replacement for a 1960's retail area, which one can probably assume was a good deal more ugly. To the left is the Steeple church.

Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) is located in the east section of Dundee's "City Churches", the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, but have differing styles of worship. The church dates back to 1190 but the original buildings have not survived the church having been burnt down on three occasions, the last being in 1841. In the 1870s St Mary's was remodelled , creating the present Victorian Gothic Revival interior (very different from the neighbouring Steeple Church). The Old Steeple dates back to the 1480s. Between 1782 and 1841 there were no less than four Church of Scotland congregations occupying the City Churches under one roof but with separate sanctuaries. After the post 1841 rebuilding there were three congregations, then two since the 1980s – namely Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) and the Steeple Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Parish_Church_(St_Mary's) - Wikipedia

Dundee's Museum and Art Galleries

Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) is located in the east section of Dundee's "City Churches", the other being occupied by the Steeple Church. Both are congregations in the Church of Scotland, but have differing styles of worship. The church dates back to 1190 but the original buildings have not survived the church having been burnt down on three occasions, the last being in 1841. In the 1870s St Mary's was remodelled , creating the present Victorian Gothic Revival interior (very different from the neighbouring Steeple Church). The Old Steeple dates back to the 1480s. Between 1782 and 1841 there were no less than four Church of Scotland congregations occupying the City Churches under one roof but with separate sanctuaries. After the post 1841 rebuilding there were three congregations, then two since the 1980s – namely Dundee Parish Church (St Mary’s) and the Steeple Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Parish_Church_(St_Mary's) – Wikipedia

The 15th century tower and the clock of the Steeple Kirk are reflected in the glass walls of the 20th century Overgate shopping centre next door.

Bronze statues by sculptor Angela Hunter on the wall of the Steeple Church.

Sculpture by Angela Hunter, the link to Antarctica being the RRS Discovery that was built here for Antarctic exploration and is now on display near here.

Bronze penguins sculpted by Angela Hunter http://www.angelahunter.co.uk/dundeepeng.htm on the church wall at Nethergate, Dundee.