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Interior -view of pulpit and organ Digital image of C 17688 CN
SC 785475
Description Interior -view of pulpit and organ Digital image of C 17688 CN
Date 3/11/1993
Catalogue Number SC 785475
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of C 17688 CN
Scope and Content Pulpit and Organ, Crichton Memorial Church, Crichton Royal Hospital, Glencaple Road, Dumfries, Dumfries & Galloway This octagonal oak pulpit, dating from 1897, stands in the crossing at the foot of the steps leading to the choir. It is elaborately carved with a splendid foliated frieze from which a winged cherub's head projects at each corner. A short flight of oak stairs with a brass handrail lead from the black marble steps of the choir to the pulpit. The organ, by Lewis & Company, was installed in 1902 with a Perpendicular-style oak case designed by Sydney Mitchell. In the early 19th century the chapel or church was carefully placed at the centre of an asylum building, within easy reach of the hospital wards. It was often housed in the recreation hall, a large hall which was used by patients and staff for dances and social events, or, as was common in smaller and less well-endowed buildings, in the dining hall. The move to constructing a free-standing church in the grounds began in the late 19th century due to the theory that if a patient was at home in his local village or town, then he would have had to physically make the effort to get up and go to church. The act of actually dressing up and going out of one building to a church service in another building was considered a more realistic preparation of patients for life in the outside world. Crichton Memorial Church, designed by the architect, Sydney Mitchell (1856-1930), was built in 1890-7 during a major period of development of the Crichton Royal Hospital (then the Crichton Royal Asylum for Lunatics) site. It stands at the heart of the complex of buildings, and is unquestionably the finest building within the grounds. It was designed to be used by all denominations and all classes of patients, and was built as a memorial to the asylum's founder and to celebrate the institution's 50th anniversary. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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