Gazetteer of Scotland

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that hall, -was erected in 1847, crowns a
steep acclivity in the rear, and is in a
mixed style of early Gothic. Barclay
Free Church, at north-west corner of
Bruntsfield Links, was erected in 1862-63
at a cost of more than £10,000, shows re-
markable combinations of Gothic archi-
tecture, has an elegant steeple 250 feet
high, and was interiorly renovated in
1880. Tron Free Church, on north side of
Chambers Street, was erected in 1876-77
at a cost of £8000, and is in free variety of
the Byzantine style. St. George's Free
Church, at corner of Maitland and Stafford
Streets, was erected in 1867-69 at a cost
of £13,600 for the site, and £17,400 for
the building ; is in the Palladian style,
originally without tower or steeple ; and
acquired in 1881-82 a tower 185
feet high in style of Italian campanile.
Pilrig Free Church, at corner of Leith
Walk and Pilrig Street, was erected in
1861-62, is in the early decorated Gothic
style, and has a double transept and a
steeple. St. Mary's Free Church, at corner
of firoughton and Albany Streets, was
erected in 1859-61 at a cost of £13,000, is
in a mixed style of decorated Gothic and
Tudor, and has a richly - carved lofty
steeple. 34 other Free churches are
within the city and suburbs. — Broughton
Place United Presbyterian Church, look-
ing westward along Broughton Place
thoroughfare, was erected in 1821 at a
cost of £7095 ; underwent improvement in
1853 and 1870 at a cost of about £4000 ;
and has a neat neighbouring hall erected
in 1878 at a cost of about £3000. Palmer-
ston Place United Presbyterian Church,
in western vicinity of St. Mary's Episcopal
Cathedral, was erected in 1874-75 at a
cost of about £14,000, is in classic Italian
style, more like an old Eoman temple
than an ordinary British church, and has
a long high portico flanked by towers.
Morningside United Presbyterian Church,
in Chamberlain Boad, superseded a neigh-
bouring church of 1863, was erected in
1881 on plan estimated to cost upwards of
£10,000, and is in the Norman style with
massive tower. 23 other United Presby-
terian churches, 5 of them erected or in
course of erection in 1880, and several
others quite recent, are within the city
and suburbs. — Augustine Congregational
Church, on George iv. Bridge, was erected
in 1861 at a cost of about £14,000 ; has a
deep basement on an old low transverse
street ; and is in the Byzantine style with
minaret steeple. 5 other Congregational
churches, 3 Evangelical Union, 4 Original
Secession, 5 Baptist, 2 Methodist, a Glassite,
i Quakers', a German, a Unitarian, and a
t'ews' synagogue, several of them erected
tear 1881, are within the city and
sxburbs.
St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, on
drect line with Melville Street, and on
viita line with Princes Street, sprang from
a Dequest of about £400,000 by the late
Miss "Walker of Coates ; was erected,
minus western towers and chapter-house,
in 1874-79 at a cost of about £110,000 ; is
a cruciform structure, mainly in ornate
early pointed style ; measures 262 feet
from east to west, and 132J along the
transepts ; has a central tower and spire
275 feet high, surmounted by an iron cross
15 feet high ; and is designed to have two
western towers and spires, each 209 feet
high, and a north-eastern octagonal chap-
ter-house. St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
at corner of York Place and Broughton
Street, was erected in 1816-18 at a cost of
about £12,000 ; consists of nave and aisles,
measuring 123 feet by 73 ; is mainly in
later English style ; and has four lofty arch-
cut turrets. St. John's Episcopal Church,
at comer of Princes Street and Lothian
Boad, was erected in 1818 at a cost of
£15,000 ; consists of nave and aisles 113
feet long ; is in florid Gothic style, with
western pinnacled tower 120 feet high ;
and was designed in 1880 to be enlarged
by addition of a rectangular chancel. All
Saints' Episcopal Church, in Brougham
Street, was erected mostly in 1S67 and
partly in 1876, at a cost of about £10,500 ;
is a cruciform Gothic edifice ; and has a
massive porch and an octagonal tower.
Christchurch Episcopal church, in Morn-
ingside, was erected in 1876-77 at a cost
of about £10,500 ; is a cruciform edifice in
early French Gothic style ; and has a
steeple 140 feet high. Nine other Scottish
Episcopal churches, and 2 English Epis-
copal churches, are within the city and
suburbs. — The Catholic Apostolic Church,
at west end of East London Street, was
erected to the extent of 200 by 45 feet in
1873-76 at a cost of about £17,000 ; is in
later Norman style, with small steeple at
each corner ; and was designed to have a
great western tower and other additions,
at a probable cost of nearly £17,000. — St.
Mary's Roman Catholic Church, at head of
Broughton Street, was erected in 1813 at
a cost of about £8000, and is in the third
pointed style, with front pinnacles 70 feet
high. Two other Roman Catholic churches
and a convent are in the city.
Numerous hotels, in the principal
thoroughfares, are spacious edifices ; and
some of them, especially in and near
Princes Street, are highly ornate. The
New Club, in Princes Street, between
Hanover and Frederick Streets, was erected
for an association of noblemen and gentle-
men on principles similar to those of the
London West End Clubs, and is an exten-
sive, handsome edifice in the Italian style.
The University Club, in Princes Street,
between Castle and Charlotte Streets, was
erected in 1866-67 at a cost of nearly
£14,000, and is in Graeco-Italian style.
The United Service Club, in Queen Street,
was erected in 1835. The Life Association
Building, in Princes Street, contiguous to
the New Club, was erected in 1855-58 ;
has three double storeys, successively Doric,