Basic Site Details | Name: | Colston Street UP Church | | City or county: | Edinburgh | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Some months ago competition plans were asked for a church for the Colston street U. P. Congregation, Edinburgh, and in answers over 20 sets of designs were submitted some of them being from architects in Glasgow. After some discussion three plans were selected for further consideration, and on Monday night last the congregation met and unanimously agreed to adopt the design recommended by the managers and the Church Extension Committee of the U P Synod, and which proved to be by Mr Andrew Dewar, architect, Edinburgh. The plan of the selected design is in the shape of a horse-shoe, and accommodates 500 on the ground floor and 300 in the gallery. The site being a comer one, the main entrance will be on the angle; but there are also two side doorways for exit, thus providing ample egress in case of panic. Behind the church there is accommodation for vestry, session-house, and keeper, and the whole is connected with the Hall at present on the ground and now used for worship. The design is Early English Gothic, and shows an imposing entrance doorway with large wheel window over, and finished with a tower about 90ft. high. The front to each street shows a gable with a large traceried window forming a
prominent feature. The cost is estimated about £3,500. [Building News 8 April 1881 p390] | 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 | | Colston Street | Yes | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1881 | | Plans approved | Journal reference |
PeopleDesign 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 | | Andrew Dewar (later A Redcote Dewar) | | | 1881 | | Won competition to secure job |
ReferencesBibliographic References| The following books contain references to this building: | | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Harper, Roger H | 1983 | Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitions… | | London: Mansell Publishing | |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 9 April 1881 | XL | | p460 | | Building News | 8 April 1881 | | | p390 |
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