Home Front Legacy 1914-18
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Full Record - All Saints Episcopalian Church (PRN: 8072)
| PRN | 8072 | ||||
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| Site or location name | All Saints Episcopalian Church | ||||
| Summary | |||||
| Description | An Episcopal Church, standing on the corner of Annan Road and Central Avenue. Designed by Geoffrey Lucas, the church was built in 1917 by the Ministry of Munitions to serve the large Anglican population working in the area's armaments factories. Church in Arts and Crafts tradition. Bull-faced red ashlar with polished dressings; slate roofs; openings mostly round-headed with recessed margins. Aisled nave, porch at SW and massive square tower base at SE; full- height chancel with gabled small side chapels; buttressed gables; shallow W porch; apex belfry between chancel and nave. The township of Gretna was built to accommodate the munition workers at the HM Factory Gretna. In 1915 the mainly female workers were housed in timber dormitory huts known as 'Timbertown' hastily erected by largely Irish builders. The notable planner Raymond Unwin had joined the Local Government Board in December 1914 and from 1915 was seconded to the Ministry of Munitions where he planned the layout for Gretna and Eastriggs. From 1915-1918 a collection of substantial buildings including shops, churches, cinema and housing were constructed that define the city. Open spaces mark the location of some of the avenues of wooden huts. | ||||
| Monument Type | MUNITIONS FACTORY;MUNITIONS FACTORY | ||||
| Desgination | None | ||||
| Material | ASHLAR | ||||
| Location | |||||
| Country | SCOTLAND | ||||
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| County | Gretna | ||||
| Site Location | North side of Annan Road at Central Avenue | ||||
| Postcode | |||||
| Map Reference | NGR: NY31806731 (331800, 567310) | ||||
| Condition/Threat | |||||
| Condition (Date) | Good (08-06-2016) | ||||
| Source | |||||
| (2015) Gretna Garden City Heritage Trail. Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage. | |||||
| Administration | |||||
| Recorded By (Date) | John M - Geograph (25-02-2013) | ||||
| Copiled On | 08-06-2016 | ||||
| Last Updated | 08-06-2016 | ||||
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All Saints Episcopalian Church, was built in 1917 by the Ministry of Munitions to serve the large Anglican population working in the area's armaments factories (Annan Road/Central Avenue, Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway). South east elevation. (File name: 8072_635.jpg) |
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