Basic Site Details Name: | Guthrie Memorial Church | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Limited competition with four invited entrants.
The Free Presbytery of Edinburgh on Thursday week approved of plans for the erection of a new church in Easter-road, to be named after the late Dr Guthrie. The committee invited plans from four architects by private competition, with the result that they selected those of Mr Charles S. S. Johnston, Pitt-street, Edinburgh. The church measures 73 feet by 47 feet internally, and is seated for 502 persons, with an end gallery stretching across the western portion of the nave and aisles, seated for 190 persons, giving a total of 752 sittings. A hall, 36 feet by 24 feet; session house, 19 feet by 15 feet; vestry, 12 feet by 10 feet; and lavatory are situated in rear of the church, while the heating chamber is placed underneath the pulpit, and is to be vaulted with brick. The style adopted throughout is Early English Gothic of a very plain type, and the estimated cost of the church is £3,500. [Building News 24 June 1881 p784] | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Easter Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1881 | | Competition held | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | Charles Stewart Still Johnston | | | 1881 | | Won competition to secure job |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe 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 | p555 | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | | | Pike | | Edinburgh and the Lothians at the turn of the 20th century | | | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 25 June 1881 | XL | | p808 | | Builder | Late 1881 | XLI | | p89 | | Building News | 24 June 1881 | | | p784 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Edinburgh City Archives | Edinburgh Dean of Guild | | 3 December 1891 (hall) | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 46112 | |
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