Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Church

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Davidson Church, Eyre Crescent	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	c. 1890			Built by G Washington Browne, following Starforth's designs of ten years earlier (cf. separate entry for the church itself)
	1969		Demolition

People

Design and Construction

The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column.
	Name	Role	Partnership Group	From	To	Notes
	George Washington Browne		A	c. 1890		Built by G Washington Browne, following Starforth's designs of ten years earlier (cf. separate entry for the church itself)

Related Buildings, Structures and Designs

Parent Structure and Site

This structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details):
	Building name	Notes
	Eyre Place UP Church	Cost £8500. Original tower (by Starforth) unfinished; completed later to a different design. Now a warehouse. The United Presbyterian body have erected a large church in Eyre-place, occupying a splendid site forming the centre, of which a large crescent is the circumference. This church is also ante-galleried - ie it has only an end gallery, and by far the greater proportion of the audience are in the area, which is a plain rectangle of rather ungainly width. The congregation are admirably placed as regards the pulpit; but in order to give something like a tolerable appearance to the walls, they are pierced with so many and such large windows on all sides, that the interior is more like a conservatory than a church, and the largest or gable windows face the congregation. The front exhibits the usual arrangement, the gable being reduced in breadth by tower (not finished), and staircase at the other side, "all vertical lines," suggesting something very different from what meets the eye around the corner. The cost of erection was £7,000. [Building News 30 December 1881 p897-899]

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M	1984	Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland)		Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd	p415