College Street United Presbyterian Church (former), 13-15 South College Street, Edinburgh, 1856.
By Patrick Wilson (c1798-1871).
B listed.
This former church is distinguished by an exceptionally well-detailed Neo-Greek entrance elevation. This well-proportioned elevation, with its pedimented central section is a significant feature in the streetscape. There is remarkably fine, intricate carving in the band courses and in the aprons to the upper storey windows.

In 2018, part of the University of Edinburgh, Central Campus.

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Lady Glenorchy's Low Calton Church (former), Greenside Place, Edinburgh, 1845-46.
By John Henderson (1804-1862).
Now The Glasshouse.
C listed.

Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy (1741-1786) founded a number of chapels in Scotland and Wales.

The first which she established was the Chapel in Low Calton, (situated approximately just to the east of where Waverley Station now stands), in 1773-74. In 1844, an Act of Parliament allowed the North British Railway Company to purchase the chapel and its land by compulsory order, to facilitate the construction of Waverley Station and the accompanying rail tracks. The homeless chapel congregation settled on Greenside Place as a suitable location for their replacement chapel, and work commenced almost immediately.

This replacement was designed by John Henderson in the neo-perpendicular Gothic style and featured an ornate facade, Tudor-style arched windows and crenellated parapets flanking a four-storey clock tower.

It ceased operation as a church in 1978 and served various different retail uses until permission was granted for the demolition of all but the western facade of the building in 2000.

The ashlar blocks were supported and extended by a symmetrical wall of glass and steel, which married the traditional form with an ultramodern partner. The Glasshouse was completed in 2003.

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Buccleuch Parish Church (former), Chapel Street, Edinburgh.
Originally 1755-56.
Rebuilt by David MacGibbon (1831-1902), 1866.
C listed.
The church closed for worship in 1969.

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Buccleuch Free Church, West Crosscauseway, Edinburgh, 1856-57.
By J, WH & JM Hay - 'The Hays of Liverpool'.
John Hay (1811-1861).
William Hardie Hay (1813-1901).
James Murdoch Hay (1823-1915).
B listed.

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St Paul & St George, York Place, Edinburgh, 1816-18.
First New Town.
A listed.
A Scottish Episcopal Church.
By Archibald Elliot (1761-1823).
Extended by Peddie & Kinnear, 1891-92.
A Perpendicular gothic symmetrical church comprising original a 3 x 7-bay nave-and-aisle church, with 23 aisleless bays added to the east in matching style and containing a new sanctuary.

So many excellent churches in Edinburgh - we didn't find the time to go inside.

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