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EDINBUEGH.
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Canongate Church is the ehurcli of the parish of that name,
and is a Gothic building in the form of a cross, founded in
1688 : it was built at an expense of ;^2,40o, from a legacy left
by Thomas Moodie, a citizen of Edinburgh. Many notable
persons are buried in the churchyard — Adam Smith, Dugald
Stewart, and Ferguson, the poet, among the number.
St. Cuthbert's Parish Church, or the West Kirk, situated
near the base of the rock on which the castle stands, was
built in 177s, and is the mother church of the extensive
parish of St. Cuthbert. It was taken down and the present
church on the same site was erected in 1892-3, and opened
in 1 894. It is in the Renaissance style with two square towers
at the east end : the old to-n er at the west end, built in 17SS'
still remains. There are several stained windows, presented
by the ministers and members of the congregation, and a
bronze lectern, with the figure of an angel, presented in 1895
by Mr. Alex. Bannatyne. The church will seat 2,400 per-
sons. The burial ground is spacious, and many of the
monuments are costly. St. Cuthbert's hall, adjoining the
church, was built in 1894, on the site of the old manse ; it
contains a large hall for 800 persons, and is used as a Sunday
school, and let for concerts and bazaars. In connection
with the hall is the St. Cuthbert's Young Men's Christian
Association, which possess a hbrary of over 1,400 volumes.
St. Andrew's Church, standing on the north side of George
street, in the New Town, is surmounted with a fine tapering
spire, 168 feet high, in which is a chime of 8 bells. The
church, which is an oval, has an historical celebrity, as the
scene of the disruption of the Church of Scotland, which
took place at the meeting of the General Assembly on the
i8th May, 1843. It contains a fine organ.
St. George's Church, on the west side of Charlotte square,
and erected in 1814, at a cost of ^^33,000, is an edifice in the
Italian style, by lieid, forming the terminating object of
George street : it has projecting wings, between which is a
portico on four Doric columns ; the dome, seen to advantage
in almost every direction, is intended as a miniature repre-
sentation of that of St. Paul's, London. The church seats
1,600 persons.
St. Mary's Church, in Bellevue crescent, erected in 1824,
at a cost of ;£'i4,ooo, has a Corinthian portico and an elegant
spire 186 feet high. The church will seat 1,300 persons.
St. Stephen's Church, in St. Vincent street, is in shape
octagonal, with a tower 163 feet high, and was erected in
1828 at a cost of ^25,000 : it seats 1,600 persons.
Trinity College Church, on the south side of Jeffrey street,
was built m 1871-2, in the Norman Transitional style, after
designs by Lessells. It has a tower and spire 115 feet high
and north of it is a Gothic church which is a reconstruction
of the old Holy Trinity church at the foot of Leith wynd
founded in 1462 by Mary of Gueldres, which, having to be
taken down to enlarge the railway station, was re-erected
on this site.
St. John's, Victoria street, was built in 1819 by the Town
Council at the instance of the Kev. Thomas Chalmers, who
subsequently organized the Free Church movement.
The Assembly Hall of the Established Church, also called
the Victoria Hall or Victoria Church, was built in 1844, at a
cost of ^16,000, and is an oblong structure in the Decorated
style, consisting of 5 bays with an eastern tower, the upper
stages of which are octagonal and finished by a li»fty and
extremely beautiful spire. It occupies a commanding
situation on the Castle Hill, fronting the Lawnmarket, and
is the place of meeting of the General Assembly.
Scottish Episcopal Church.
This community possesses many places of worship in
Edinburgh, several of which are verv fine building
The
service is conducted after the ritual of the Church of Eng-
land. Scotland is divided by this body into seven dioceses,
over which preside the same number of bishops. The clergy
are mainly supported from the produce of the pew rents.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Manor place, the seat of the Bishop
of Edinburgh, is a building of stone in the Early English
style, designed by the late Sir Gilbert Scott. The plan
consists of a chancel of four bays, with north and south
aisles, transepts with eastern and western aisles, and nave,
with north and south aisles terminating in towers, at present
incomplete, at the west end : the central tower and spire are
2go feet in height, and contain 10 bells : adjoining the north
aisle of the chancel is a fine Chapter-house. Excepting the
great rose windows in the nave and the transept gables, the
windows are all of lancet form, and the generalcharacter of the
building is simple and massive, though rich in detail : the
chief portal at the west end of the nave and that in the south
transept are very elaborately treated. Internally the length
is 278 feet, and the breadth (taken across the nave and
aisles) 76 feet, and the aisles throughout, as well as the
central crossing and choir, are vaulted in stone and
concrete. The vaulting at the east end of the choir
springs (as lin an apse) from between the three equal
lancets of tlie great west window. The nave and transepts,
are vaulted in oak with richly moulded ribs and carved
bosses ; and in these parts of the church the tritorium is
open, but in the choir it is closed. The cho'r is continued
to the western piers of the central tower, and divided from
the nave by a low screen of marble and mosaic. The
south-east choir aisle is fitted up as a side chapel, and
contains an altar, of Romanesque design, in Belgian marble.
The reredos is of alabaster, containing a marble group
(by Miss Grant), representing the Crucifixion. The font
under the south-west tower) is of alabaster. The organ, of
four manuals, stands in the north transept, and is
played from an electric console in the choir. There are a
number of stained memorial windows. The whole building
is supplied with electric light, and will soat 2,000 persons,
about three-fourths of the seats being free. The funds
for the erection of the Cathedral were derived from
a bequest of two ladies, the late Misses Walker, of Coates.
The foundation stone was laid by the late Duke of Buc-
cleuch, on the 21st of May, 1874, and the opening cere-
monial took place in October, 1879. The cost of the build-
ing, so far as it has gone, is stated to be ^^i 20,000. The
establishment consists of a dean, a sub-dean, five canons,
one of whom is chancellor, and three chaplains ; the bishop
appoints the dean,sub-dean,and one canon, the clergy of the
diocese appoint two others and the remaining two stalls are
held e.T-qfficio by the Synod Clerk and the principal of the
Theological College ; the dean and sub-dean appoint the
chaplains.
All Saints, Brougham street, erected in 1867, is a building
in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and consists of
apsidal chancel, clerestoried nave with one aisle, and narthex
of two storeys, the lower serving as a vestibule, the upper
opening into the nave after the manner of a triforium, and
used as a chapel, transepts, and a bell turret. The altar-
piece, designed by Burgess, and representing the "Annun-
ciation," has been removed to a side chapel and a new
reredos erected : the church will seat 600. Patrons, the
Vestry.
Christ Church.Momingside, built in 1876, is in the French
Gothic style of the 13th century, and has a wide nave with
walls internally low, and a transept of one bay. The roofs
are open to the ridge, and, in common with the interior,
are rather profusely decorated ; there is a tower with spire at
the north-east angle, serving as entrance and organ chamber,,
and a narrow and lofty chancel, ending in a polygonal apse,
with processional aisle. The chancel roof is groined in wood,
the walls adorned with rich diapering carved in the stone,
and elsewhere relieved with colour, while a series of fine
designs in stained glass fill the clerestoi-y windows of the
apse, the whole forming a memorial : under the nave there
is a large hall used for congregational purposes.
St. John the Evangelist's, at the west end of Princes street,
built in 1818 at a cost of ;f 1,500, is in the Perpendicular
Gothic style, and has apsidal chancel, nave with aisles and
a western tower : the eastern window is stained, as are also
those in the clerestory.
Old St. Paul's, in Jeffrey street, used as an Episcopal
chapel in 1688, and once the only Episcopal church within
the ancient city walls, has been taken down : the present
church, erected on the same site, was opened by the Bishop
of Edinburgh 27 Jan. 1883, and is an edifice in the Gothic
style, with 300 sittings.
St. Paul's, in York place, built in 1S18 at a cost oJ
^12,000, and restored in 1891, is also Gothic, with four
octagonal towers at its angles, and has a short chancel,
added in 1891, and eight stained windows. In one of its^
four turrets hangs a bell formerly at the Chapel Royal of
Holyrood, and it is seated for 1,200.
St. Peter's, in Lutton place, Newington, built in 1859, is
in the Early Decorated style, and consists of apsidal chancel
with aisles," nave with aisles, narthex porch, a detached octa-
gonal baptistery, and a tower with spire. It is seated for 500.
St. Thomas's, in Rutland place, built in 1882, is in the
Norman style, and will seat 700.
Holy Trinity, Dean bridge, is a fine building, erected ioi
1838, and affords 59° sittings.
St. Columba's, in Johnston terrace, built in 1846, is in the'
Early English style, and consists of chancel, with a sacristy
on the south side, nave, and a gallery at the west end extend-
EDINBUEGH.
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Canongate Church is the ehurcli of the parish of that name,
and is a Gothic building in the form of a cross, founded in
1688 : it was built at an expense of ;^2,40o, from a legacy left
by Thomas Moodie, a citizen of Edinburgh. Many notable
persons are buried in the churchyard — Adam Smith, Dugald
Stewart, and Ferguson, the poet, among the number.
St. Cuthbert's Parish Church, or the West Kirk, situated
near the base of the rock on which the castle stands, was
built in 177s, and is the mother church of the extensive
parish of St. Cuthbert. It was taken down and the present
church on the same site was erected in 1892-3, and opened
in 1 894. It is in the Renaissance style with two square towers
at the east end : the old to-n er at the west end, built in 17SS'
still remains. There are several stained windows, presented
by the ministers and members of the congregation, and a
bronze lectern, with the figure of an angel, presented in 1895
by Mr. Alex. Bannatyne. The church will seat 2,400 per-
sons. The burial ground is spacious, and many of the
monuments are costly. St. Cuthbert's hall, adjoining the
church, was built in 1894, on the site of the old manse ; it
contains a large hall for 800 persons, and is used as a Sunday
school, and let for concerts and bazaars. In connection
with the hall is the St. Cuthbert's Young Men's Christian
Association, which possess a hbrary of over 1,400 volumes.
St. Andrew's Church, standing on the north side of George
street, in the New Town, is surmounted with a fine tapering
spire, 168 feet high, in which is a chime of 8 bells. The
church, which is an oval, has an historical celebrity, as the
scene of the disruption of the Church of Scotland, which
took place at the meeting of the General Assembly on the
i8th May, 1843. It contains a fine organ.
St. George's Church, on the west side of Charlotte square,
and erected in 1814, at a cost of ^^33,000, is an edifice in the
Italian style, by lieid, forming the terminating object of
George street : it has projecting wings, between which is a
portico on four Doric columns ; the dome, seen to advantage
in almost every direction, is intended as a miniature repre-
sentation of that of St. Paul's, London. The church seats
1,600 persons.
St. Mary's Church, in Bellevue crescent, erected in 1824,
at a cost of ;£'i4,ooo, has a Corinthian portico and an elegant
spire 186 feet high. The church will seat 1,300 persons.
St. Stephen's Church, in St. Vincent street, is in shape
octagonal, with a tower 163 feet high, and was erected in
1828 at a cost of ^25,000 : it seats 1,600 persons.
Trinity College Church, on the south side of Jeffrey street,
was built m 1871-2, in the Norman Transitional style, after
designs by Lessells. It has a tower and spire 115 feet high
and north of it is a Gothic church which is a reconstruction
of the old Holy Trinity church at the foot of Leith wynd
founded in 1462 by Mary of Gueldres, which, having to be
taken down to enlarge the railway station, was re-erected
on this site.
St. John's, Victoria street, was built in 1819 by the Town
Council at the instance of the Kev. Thomas Chalmers, who
subsequently organized the Free Church movement.
The Assembly Hall of the Established Church, also called
the Victoria Hall or Victoria Church, was built in 1844, at a
cost of ^16,000, and is an oblong structure in the Decorated
style, consisting of 5 bays with an eastern tower, the upper
stages of which are octagonal and finished by a li»fty and
extremely beautiful spire. It occupies a commanding
situation on the Castle Hill, fronting the Lawnmarket, and
is the place of meeting of the General Assembly.
Scottish Episcopal Church.
This community possesses many places of worship in
Edinburgh, several of which are verv fine building
The
service is conducted after the ritual of the Church of Eng-
land. Scotland is divided by this body into seven dioceses,
over which preside the same number of bishops. The clergy
are mainly supported from the produce of the pew rents.
St. Mary's Cathedral, Manor place, the seat of the Bishop
of Edinburgh, is a building of stone in the Early English
style, designed by the late Sir Gilbert Scott. The plan
consists of a chancel of four bays, with north and south
aisles, transepts with eastern and western aisles, and nave,
with north and south aisles terminating in towers, at present
incomplete, at the west end : the central tower and spire are
2go feet in height, and contain 10 bells : adjoining the north
aisle of the chancel is a fine Chapter-house. Excepting the
great rose windows in the nave and the transept gables, the
windows are all of lancet form, and the generalcharacter of the
building is simple and massive, though rich in detail : the
chief portal at the west end of the nave and that in the south
transept are very elaborately treated. Internally the length
is 278 feet, and the breadth (taken across the nave and
aisles) 76 feet, and the aisles throughout, as well as the
central crossing and choir, are vaulted in stone and
concrete. The vaulting at the east end of the choir
springs (as lin an apse) from between the three equal
lancets of tlie great west window. The nave and transepts,
are vaulted in oak with richly moulded ribs and carved
bosses ; and in these parts of the church the tritorium is
open, but in the choir it is closed. The cho'r is continued
to the western piers of the central tower, and divided from
the nave by a low screen of marble and mosaic. The
south-east choir aisle is fitted up as a side chapel, and
contains an altar, of Romanesque design, in Belgian marble.
The reredos is of alabaster, containing a marble group
(by Miss Grant), representing the Crucifixion. The font
under the south-west tower) is of alabaster. The organ, of
four manuals, stands in the north transept, and is
played from an electric console in the choir. There are a
number of stained memorial windows. The whole building
is supplied with electric light, and will soat 2,000 persons,
about three-fourths of the seats being free. The funds
for the erection of the Cathedral were derived from
a bequest of two ladies, the late Misses Walker, of Coates.
The foundation stone was laid by the late Duke of Buc-
cleuch, on the 21st of May, 1874, and the opening cere-
monial took place in October, 1879. The cost of the build-
ing, so far as it has gone, is stated to be ^^i 20,000. The
establishment consists of a dean, a sub-dean, five canons,
one of whom is chancellor, and three chaplains ; the bishop
appoints the dean,sub-dean,and one canon, the clergy of the
diocese appoint two others and the remaining two stalls are
held e.T-qfficio by the Synod Clerk and the principal of the
Theological College ; the dean and sub-dean appoint the
chaplains.
All Saints, Brougham street, erected in 1867, is a building
in the Gothic style of the 13th century, and consists of
apsidal chancel, clerestoried nave with one aisle, and narthex
of two storeys, the lower serving as a vestibule, the upper
opening into the nave after the manner of a triforium, and
used as a chapel, transepts, and a bell turret. The altar-
piece, designed by Burgess, and representing the "Annun-
ciation," has been removed to a side chapel and a new
reredos erected : the church will seat 600. Patrons, the
Vestry.
Christ Church.Momingside, built in 1876, is in the French
Gothic style of the 13th century, and has a wide nave with
walls internally low, and a transept of one bay. The roofs
are open to the ridge, and, in common with the interior,
are rather profusely decorated ; there is a tower with spire at
the north-east angle, serving as entrance and organ chamber,,
and a narrow and lofty chancel, ending in a polygonal apse,
with processional aisle. The chancel roof is groined in wood,
the walls adorned with rich diapering carved in the stone,
and elsewhere relieved with colour, while a series of fine
designs in stained glass fill the clerestoi-y windows of the
apse, the whole forming a memorial : under the nave there
is a large hall used for congregational purposes.
St. John the Evangelist's, at the west end of Princes street,
built in 1818 at a cost of ;f 1,500, is in the Perpendicular
Gothic style, and has apsidal chancel, nave with aisles and
a western tower : the eastern window is stained, as are also
those in the clerestory.
Old St. Paul's, in Jeffrey street, used as an Episcopal
chapel in 1688, and once the only Episcopal church within
the ancient city walls, has been taken down : the present
church, erected on the same site, was opened by the Bishop
of Edinburgh 27 Jan. 1883, and is an edifice in the Gothic
style, with 300 sittings.
St. Paul's, in York place, built in 1S18 at a cost oJ
^12,000, and restored in 1891, is also Gothic, with four
octagonal towers at its angles, and has a short chancel,
added in 1891, and eight stained windows. In one of its^
four turrets hangs a bell formerly at the Chapel Royal of
Holyrood, and it is seated for 1,200.
St. Peter's, in Lutton place, Newington, built in 1859, is
in the Early Decorated style, and consists of apsidal chancel
with aisles," nave with aisles, narthex porch, a detached octa-
gonal baptistery, and a tower with spire. It is seated for 500.
St. Thomas's, in Rutland place, built in 1882, is in the
Norman style, and will seat 700.
Holy Trinity, Dean bridge, is a fine building, erected ioi
1838, and affords 59° sittings.
St. Columba's, in Johnston terrace, built in 1846, is in the'
Early English style, and consists of chancel, with a sacristy
on the south side, nave, and a gallery at the west end extend-
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