Basic Site Details

Name: Mayfield Established church
Town, district or village: Mayfield
City or county: Edinburgh
Country: Scotland
Parish:  
Status:  
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Notes: MAYFIELD.—The foundation stone of a new Free church has been laid at Mayfield, Edinburgh. The edifice is to be in the Early English style, simply treated, with some later Transitional detail. It is a large building, with nave, aisles, clerestory, and transepts. A tower and spire form part of the design, to be built hereafter. The arrangement of nave, aisles, etc, is peculiar, designed specially to present the characteristic features of the old Gothic hall, rather than the stereotyped form of the mediaeval church, and the interior is intended to have all the advantages of one undivided auditorium. A gallery of moderate depth is thrown across the eastern end, over the vestibule. The seating is raised above passages, and will accommodate 850, but 50 additional occasional sittings are provided in the aisles, and the transepts have provisional capacity for 100 more, making a total of 1,000 sittings. The work is to be carried out from the selected competition plans of Messrs Hardy and Wight, of Edinburgh, and the estimates accepted for the whole work, including boundary walls, are about £5,200. [Building News 5 July 1878 page 22]

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
 NameCurrent name?Notes
Item 1 of 1Craigmillar Park ChurchYes 

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Church  

Street Addresses

The following street addresses are associated with this building:
 AddressMain entrance?Notes
Item 1 of 1Craigmillar ParkYes 

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 218781880  
Item 2 of 21956 Alterations and additionsAlterations including gallery at E and chancel at W.

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 5Hardy & Wight A18781880 
Item 2 of 5Henry Hardy A18781880 
Item 3 of 5John Rutherford Wight A18781880 
Item 4 of 5Ian G Lindsay & Partners B1956 Alterations including gallery at E and chancel at W.
Item 5 of 5Ian Gordon Lindsay B1956 Alterations including gallery at E and chancel at W.

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Gifford, John, McWilliam, Colin and Walker, David M1984Edinburgh (The Buildings of Scotland) Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltdp634
Item 2 of 2RSA1880   979

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
 Periodical NameDateEditionPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 2Builder20 July 1878XXXVI  
Item 2 of 2Building News5 July 1878  p 22

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 1Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register44210