By W. H. , J. W. & J. Hay, 1857. Curvilinear English Gothic church, comprising 5-bay nave to S, with 4-bay aisle to N. Stugged, squared and snecked rubble walls; polished ashlar dressings and details including long and short quoins to windows and corners. Curvilinear tracery.
Circular piers to arcade between nave and aisle; scissor-braced roof. Organ by William Townsend, 1872. Variety of traceried curvilinear stained glass windows, including late 19th century lights in E window; heraldic display by A Carrick Whalen, 1975.
From the 'Building Chronicle' Vol: 2 page 114, Oct: 1 1856.
In the present number we give as one of the illustrations a Chapel which has just been erected in St Vincent Street for the Episcopal Congregation under the Ministry of the Reverend R Hibbs MA. As will be observed, it is of the 'decorated' period, and consists of a nave and aisle with chancel and Vestry. It stands on a triangular site, and the architect has, with much advantage, made use of all the ground at his command. The interior is divided with dressed stone pillars with nave and aisle, the roof is very simple of open timber, stained and varnished. The windows are filled with tracery and nave stone dressing and drop arches. The Chapel is seated, on the ground floor, for 450, the gallery, not being required at present, is not to be erected. Messrs Hay of Liverpool are the architects and Currie and Taylor are the joiners and the mason work is to be executed by Mr Bonnar, Clarence Street, who has also the contract for 'Free Buccleuch' Church. The design and execution of the Church reflect great credit on all parties concerned.
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As darkness begins to fall one can see the tram works are now gone and traffic is free to flow past the Portrait Gallery once again. Testing of the trams through the day is now set for later this week with a view to full operation in May. Testing of the trams had previously been done at night but daytime testing in the city centre is to allow drivers and pedestrians to get used to them.
The magnificent museum, both internally as well as externally, was established in 1882 and designed in the Spanish Gothic style by Robert Rowand Anderson. William Wallace and Robert the Bruce are just two of the figures that adorn the exterior of the building.
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By respected Edinburgh architect James Gillespie Graham, 1822. 19-bay Classical terrace, comprising 3-storey and basement central terrace, flanked by 4-storey and basement advanced terminal pavilions, all with a slightly curved frontage. Polished ashlar sandstone; V-jointed rustication at ground floor. Ashlar steps and entrance plats oversailing basements.
Terminal pavilions have Doric pilasters; round arched windows at ground and semicircular fanlights.
Part of the Edinburgh New Town, a significant surviving part of the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. The Moray Estate was designed for the 10th Earl of Moray (1771-1848). He inherited the 13 acre site from his father, after it was acquired from the Heriot Trust in 1782, and decided to feu the property for development in 1822. The complicated plan, with the crescent, oval and polygonal of Randolph Crescent, Ainslie Place and Moray Place respectively, conjoins the New Town with the Second New Town. Building was completed in 1830-31.
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By James Nisbet, 1792. 3-storey, 9-bay former classical tontine building. Polished cream ashlar sandstone (stonecleaned and restored). Rock faced rustication to basement. Channelled arcaded windows at ground with similar tripartite doorway at centre with radiating fanlight. 1st floor windows with raised architraves and cornices; pedimented to inner bays. Composite giant panelled pilasters at 1st and 2nd floors to centre 3 bays and outer bays; fluted frieze between framing pilaster and centrepiece. Flag poles flank centre window at 1st floor.
The former Tontine Building, which was never completed, was fitted out as cavalry barracks during the Napoleonic Wars. It then became a government office and much altered at ground. The ground floor arcading was restored in 1984. It is a significant surviving part of the original fabric of Edinburgh’s New Town, the most important and best preserved examples of urban planning in Britain. Captured here during the Edinburgh Festival.
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