Listed building or place reference: HE1174 Historic site reference Property St. Columba's Church of Scotland Road name Midvale Road Parish St. Helier LocationView on map Grade Listed Building Grade 2 Category Church and Chapel. Statement of significance An important, high quality example in Jersey of a Victorian Presbyterian church in Gothic Revival style. Context n/a External Description Church in the Gothic Revival style. The church sits prominently on the corner of Midvale Road and Clairvale Road, aligned north-south, comprising a wide nave with north gallery, entrance porch and tower base to northeast, canted west transept, gabled east transept, rear entrance porch to west, and south vestry. Constructed of squared and rock-faced dark grey stonework, with Caen limestone dressings (now partly repaired in cement), and limited use of red granite dressings. The steep roofs are gabled with coped ends - with carved 'lucarne' detailing which originally echoed that on the spire - covered with fish-scale slates of contrasting banded colours. Plain slates to re-roofed base of original tower and spire (since lost), which also re-uses original spire finial. There are flanking buttresses with angle buttresses at the corners. Variety of pointed arch windows in Early Gothic style including plate tracery and lancets with cusped heads. Large geometrical traceried windows to gable ends of nave. The north gable to Clairvale Road has an unusual window configuration, with a row of tiny arched windows which provide an original method of lighting the rear of the nave under the shadow of the raked gallery. The south window is partly blocked by a lean-to extension (with a patch of repaired red granite to rear). String course. Vesica in Caen limestone to tower base. Gabled entrance porch with pointed arch doorway. Main entrance door with moulded archway carried on slim granite piers, and hood mould with Gothic ballflower stops. Church boundary wall in rubble granite with dressed copings, plain bar iron railings with twist stanchions. Pair of gates to forecourt - alongside which is an integral gas lamp - and further single gateway to small front garden. The blockwork organ intake structure and rear C20 toilet block are not of interest. Internal Description Gothic Revival detailing continues to the interior of the church, which has many historical fittings and furnishings from various phases of the building's development. The layout has also been adapted to the changing needs of the congregation. The single-span nave has a scissor truss roof with collar beams, the rafters braced to wall posts carried on stone corbels. There is a gallery at the north end, with wood panel and ironwork balustrade, carried on a pair of iron columns with twist detail. A curved stone staircase to the gallery (within the tower base) has fleur-de-lys pattern ironwork balusters. Below the south window are painted arched and roundel wall panels (painted onto applied fabric), under which is a stone band with Gothic ballflower stops. Oak pulpit in Gothic style, with extended metalwork balustrade. Various furnishings gifted in C19 and C20, including baptismal font, oak lectern and communion table. Arched doorway to vestry has hood mould with Gothic ballflower stops. The vestry has a modest interior which is not of interest. Transepts have arched openings carried on floating columns, with Gothic ballflower stop hood moulds. The east transept, containing the pipe organ, has a pierced arch arcade. The west transept is now closed off with a modern interior, which is not of interest. Pitch-pine pews to nave and gallery with high fleur-de-lys pew ends. Memorial wall plaques, including interesting marble tablets in Gothic style. Most windows with leaded glazing, with early C20 stained glass window in west wall, and coloured glass to principal north and south windows. Special interest Architectural,Historical For the best experience, you will need to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browser to view the map Back to detail page Back to search results Documents Terms and conditions for downloading documents The plans, drawings and material provided have been submitted to the Chief Officer for permissions in respect of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002. They are protected by copyright under the Intellectual Property (Unregistered Rights) (Jersey) Law 2011 (Article 70 of the 2011 Law). 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