Winter St Leonard's In The Fields Church Marshall Place On Visit To Perth Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland Winter 4K travel video of snow by St Leonard's in the Fields church on Marshall Place on visit to Perth, Perthshire. The impressive Scots Gothic church built in 1885 by John James Stevenson, dominates views of Perth from the South Inch. The distinctive Crown Tower is probably the first such tower in post Reformation Scotland. John James Stevenson was born in Glasgow on 24 August 1831, the sixth of ten children to James Stevenson, a merchant of Glasgow and his wife Jane Stewart Shannan, daughter of Alexander Shannan, merchant of Greenock. His siblings included Flora Stevenson, James Cochran Stevenson and Louisa Stevenson. He was cousin to James Croesus Stevenson. His early education was at Glasgow High School. Stevenson trained as an architect with David Bryce in Edinburgh and Sir George Gilbert Scott in London, England. He then worked with Campbell Douglas in Glasgow, becoming a partner in 1860, they then jointly moved to a property at 24 George Street in Edinburgh, sharing the space with the stained glass artist Daniel Cottier. From 1870 he worked in London. Here he built the Red House in Bayswater Hill as his own home. Author of the architecture text, House Architecture in 1880, Stevenson also wrote on town planning and the preservation of historic buildings, criticising the " dull and uninteresting" architecture of his age and the "infatuation for making streets straight. " He also designed the interiors of several ocean liners. In 1868 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, his proposer being Alexander Keith Johnston. Stevenson's work in Scotland was mainly ecclesiastical, including the design of churches in Gilmerton, Crieff, Perth, Stirling, and Glasgow. His work in England was mainly domestic and educational buildings in London, Oxford and Cambridge. He married Jane Omond, born 1839, died 1932, daughter of Robert Omond and Mary Eliza Traill, in 1861 and is buried with her and their children. His brother-in-law was Robert Traill Omond. He died at his home, 4 Porchester Gardens in London on 5 May 1908 but his body was returned to Edinburgh for burial in Dean Cemetery. The grave lies against the southern boundary. After heavy snowfall for many, Scotland braces for at least another five days of cold easterly winds bringing snow and ice to most parts of the county, weather forecasters have said. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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