Basic Site Details Name: | Rosehall UP Church | Town, district or village: | Newington | City or county: | Edinburgh | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Design competition held 1877. Cost of building £8675.
EDINBURGH. - On Saturday afternoon the foundation-stone of a new UP church at Rosehall, Edinburgh, was laid. The church, the walls of which have already reached a considerable height above ground, is in the Early Italian style of architecture, though the French Romanesque predominates to some extent in the details of the work. The plan is cruciform. At each side of the front facing Dalkeith-road there is an entrance porch, from which stairs to the galleries are carried up inside two flanking towers placed at the junction of nave and transepts. The height of these towers will be about 70 feet, and they, as well as the whole of the Dalkeith road and Marchhall-road frontages, are being built of polished ashlar. The estimated cost of the building, which is being erected from plans by Messrs Sutherland and J Russell Walker, architects, Edinburgh, is £6,000. [Building News 17 October 1879 page 475]
Font by John Rhind of 1881
Check DPM drawings - DPM lists the 1900 drawings as competition drawings but date wrong.
| Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Priestfield Church | Yes | | | Rosehall UF Church | Yes | |
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 | | 99, Dalkeith Road | Yes | | | Marchhall Place | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1877 | | | Design competition | | 1879 | 1880 | Construction | | | 12 December 1880 | | | Opened | | 1901 | | | Alterations |
PeopleDesign and Construction
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 | p635 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 20 October 1877 | XXXV | | p1051 | | Builder | 19 July 1879 | XXXVII | | Original building (p800) | | Building News | 17 October 1879 | | | p475 - foundation stone Original building |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 30267 | | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Dick Peddie and McKay Collection | | DPM 1900/58/1 |
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