Basic Site Details

Building Type Classification

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

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
	Address	Main entrance?	Notes
	Niddrie Mains Road	Yes

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	1950	1953
	March 1950		Scheme accepted	Warrant granted

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
	John Fraser Matthew			1950	1953
	Lorimer & Matthew			1950		Warrant granted for plans by architects for erection of chapel
	Thomas Johnston Beveridge			c. 1950		Weathervane (is this correct? Or is it perhaps a Thomas Beveridge the sculptor?)
	Carr & Matthew		D	After 1951		Job continued by Carr & Matthew
	David Carr		D	After 1951		Job continued by Carr & Matthew
	James Robertson Laidlaw		D	After 1951		As apprentice with Carr & Matthew
	Stuart Russell Matthew		D	After 1951		Job continued by Carr & Matthew

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Thistle Foundation	22 Charlotte Square

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
	Thistle Foundation scheme with houses, hostel and medical centre	The estate was conceived in 1944 by Sir Francis Tudsbery, as a village for disabled ex-servicemen to enable them to live in the comfort of their own homes with their families, and with the ability to received regular and skilled medical treatment on site rather than venturing to, or residing in, a hospital. Originally intended for 140 houses, but rising costs saw the scheme stop at 100 houses in 1950, with £600,000 expended to this date on the building operations and equipment (houses and clinic).

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	p538

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Builder	7 April 1950			p472

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	48686
	National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS	Lorimer and Matthew Collection		LOR E/53
	Professor David M Walker personal archive	Professor David M Walker, notes and collection of archive material		Information from D C Mays re weathervane