Doors Open Day in Dundee
20 and 21 September 2008
Programme items 23-33

THE SPACE, THEATRE AND DANCE FACILITY, DUNDEE COLLEGE
Old Glamis Road / Kingsway
(Nicoll Russell Studios, 2001) This award winning building houses Scotland's first dedicated School of Contemporary Dance and incorporates a flexible theatre space specifically designed for dance and theatre performance, together with studios and educational facilities. The building has been designed to allow community use in parallel with its academic purpose. See Dundee College's website for further information.

Open Saturday, access only by pre-booked guided tour at 10.30am. Telephone +44 (0)1382 834934/44 to book. Refreshments, short dancing display, parking at building.

MEADOWSIDE ST PAUL'S CHURCH
114-116 Nethergate.(opposite City Churches)

(Charles Wilson, 1850-52) Substantial Gothic style church with a tall, broached spire. Galleried interior, oak panelling, hammer beam roof and outstanding stained glass.

Open Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm and Sunday 12.00noon-4.00pm. Exhibition, leaflet.

ST DAVID'S HALLS
86 Nethergate (down the pend to rear of Nethergate)

(17th-19th centuries) Much of Dundee's historic burgh architecture was swept away by 19th and 20th century “improvements” but there are still examples of older buildings behind or within later frontages. St David's and Gardyne's Land (see item ??) are important as the burgh's only substantial groups of late mediaeval (and later) domestic buildings to survive. Previous uses include house, bakehouse, restaurant, shop, cellars, gym and clubrooms. St David's Masonic Lodge has been here 100 years, later acquiring the whole building. A phased programme of conservation work is currently under way with recent repairs grant assisted by Dundee Historic Environment Trust.

CITY CHURCHES
Overgate

The City Churches originated from 1442 as the largest parish church in Scotland, but the nave was destroyed in 1547 and St Mary's Tower is the only mediaeval survivor. The mediaeval transepts and choir had served as three individual churches from 1588 and 1759 but were replaced following an 1840s fire.

ST MARY'S TOWER

(From about 1460) The largest mediaeval church tower in Scotland, design similarities to churches in the Low Countries. Climb the 232 steps to the parapet for fantastic views over the city, visiting the Antiquities Room with carved stones and bells from demolished buildings, bell ringers' chamber and belfry on the way up.

Open Saturday for pre-booked guided tours at 10.30, 11.45am, and 2.15pm. Places are limited, so please book by calling Dundee 432364 (Monday-Friday 9.00am-4.30pm). Tours last approximately 1 hour. Touring the Old Steeple can be strenuous due to the numerous steps between each level. No disabled access above the ground level. Unaccompanied children under the age of 16 cannot participate in the tours.

Auld Stuff and the Auld Steeple

Open Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm for archaeology event on ground floor. Join archaeologists and handle mediaeval and later pottery, artefacts and animal bones. Find out about how mediaeval Dundonians lived and died. Learn about objects from Scottish excavations. Open to all but small children should be supervised. This is a Scottish Archaeology Month event, and a joint event between the Scottish Urban Archaeological Trust and Dundee City Council.

THE STEEPLE CHURCH
(Samuel Bell, 1787) Built on the site of the mediaeval church nave, the Steeple Church is a simple rectangular plan Gothic church, refurnished in the 19th century, and further altered mid 20th century to provide additional hall accommodation. The adjacent Slessor Centre was previously Old St David's & St Paul's Church (William Burn, 1841-42, built by David Neave, 1847) on the site of the mediaeval transepts (which had become the South and Cross Churches). Enter through St Mary's Tower. See the church's website for further information.

Open Saturday 10.00am-4.00pm. Church service at 10.30am, Sunday. Refreshments, exhibition and leaflet.

ST MARY MAGDALENE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Constitution Road.

(Charles Edward & TS Robertson, 1867, later halls) Impressive Gothic revival church, with prominent flèche. Originally for the Catholic Apostolics, acquired by the Episcopalians who relocated here from Blinshall Street, 1952. Richly fitted interior, with stone carving, scissor-braced roof, stencilling to chancel roof, crafted timber church furniture, and an outstanding collection of relocated Scottish and English ecclesiastical stained glass.

DUNDEE SHERIFF COURT
6 West Bell Street
(George Angus, 1833, William Scott, 1863, Nicoll Russell Studios from 1993) Imposing neo-classical courthouse with more recent major renovations and improvements. See Scottish Courts' website for further information.

Open Saturday 10.00am-1.00pm. Guided tours, refreshments.

HANNAH MACLURE CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY
1-3 Bell Street (top floor of Abertay Student Centre)

(The Parr Partnership, 2005) An informal space providing its visitors with a chance to engage and interact with exhibitions showcasing a diverse range of visual outputs. The centre delivers around 5 major exhibitions each year, combined with research projects, talks, events, seminars and a film programme. The centre also boasts a cinema and performance space for 72, a coffee area and a roof top terrace.

LIBRARY, TRINITY BUILDING, HIGH SCHOOL OF DUNDEE
Panmure Street (east of High School)

(James Langlands, 1891, Robbie & Wellwood, 1989) The Trinity Building was built as an Original Succession Church (church above ground floor halls) and behind was the Panmure Street Congregational Church. These were sympathetically converted into the school's library and halls in 1989, with new drama department formed in 2000. The ground floor of Trinity was recently refurbished to provide junior and senior school libraries, teaching and IT facilities.

ROKPA DUNDEE - BUDDHIST & HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE
51 Reform Street, second floor
(George Angus, 1832) The Rokpa Centre has refurbished meeting halls which act as a traditional place of worship for members of Dundee's Tibetan Buddhist Community. The centre also incorporates the distinctive Tibetan Tearoom and gift shop selling hand-made goods from around the world. Find out about complementary healing methods, meditation and relaxation techniques and ways of achieving a better sense of well-being.

DUNDEE BACKPACKERS, GARDYNE'S LAND
71 High Street Dundee (entrance beside Timpsons)

(From 1560) Tucked behind the High Street frontage is a complex of five unique and interesting buildings, dating from c.1560 (Dundee's oldest surviving domestic building), the mid-1600s, the late 18th century and the 19th century. They have now been meticulously restored and combined to form Dundee's first city centre backpackers' hostel in an ambitious restoration project mainly funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland, Scottish Enterprise Tayside and the European Regional Development Fund, and developed by Dundee City Council in consultation with Tayside Building Preservation Trust. Numerous interior features include fireplaces, the new link building, the restored panelled room and the 'MACLEOD BAGPIPE MAKER' sign.

OLYMPIA LEISURE CENTRE
Earl Gray Place
(James Parr and Partners, 1974) Interesting building of its type and time, with a wide range of contemporary leisure, health and fitness facilities. See Olympia Centre's website for further information.

Open Saturday. Behind the scenes tours at 11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm. Refreshments on sale.

Doors Open Day 2008
Introduction