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St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields church

United Kingdom Perth and Kinross category A listed building
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St Leonard's-in-the-Fields Church (formerly St Leonard's-in-the-Fields and Trinity Church) is located in Perth, Scotland. The church stands on Marshall Place at its junction with Scott Street, overlooking the northern end of the South Inch. Built between 1882 and 1885 to a design by J.

St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields church

J. Stevenson, it is now a Category A listed building. A Church of Scotland place of worship, the building is designed in the Gothic Revival style.

St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields church

Inside, the semi-octagonal apse was inspired by the 15th-century apse of the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. Perth photographer Magnus Jackson had a wooden studio on the site between the 1850s and 1884. The organ, built in 1881 by the London-based company of Perth native Henry Bryceson, was originally installed in the former Morningside United Presbyterian Church.

St Leonard’s-in-the-Fields church

It was moved to St Leonard's-in-the-Fields in 1985 and installed in a modern ash case.