Basic Site Details | Name: | Tynecastle Church | | City or county: | Edinburgh | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | Disused.
new church which has been built in Gorgie-road, Tynecastle. The church has a frontage of 66ft, and to secure better light for the portion of" the interior darkened by the adjoining tenements, two entrances are provided, one near either extremity. The building is constructed with nave, 94ft. by 29ft., and aisles 64ft. long, the total width being 51ft. These divisions are indicated on the front by buttresses of varied size but the same projection, finishing at the top with pinnacles and carved finials. One larger than the rest is completed as a belfry. Vestibules and gallery staircases are provided with the entrances, and below the circular arch which carries the east staircase is a pend, open to the passage leading to the hall behind the church. The style is Decorated Gothic. The gallery is lighted by a large window, 20 feet by l0 feet, having the moulded mullions and elaborate tracery of the style. The space under the gallery has five moulded lancets. The interior has a ceiling boarded nearly to the ridge both in nave and aisles. It is heated by hot-water pipes carried above the floor, which is laid solid on a bed of asphalte composition, prepared by the Glasgow Speedwell Company, as security from dry or other rot. The plastered walls are tinted in primrose yellow, relieved by blue marginal lines and some stencilling in the apse. The church is seated for 1,000, including choir and elders' seats. A Communion table and chairs in oak, with decorated details, and a stone font have been gifted to the church, which will cost under £4,000. Messrs. Hardy and Wight, of Edinburgh, are the architects. [Building News 15 November 1901 Page 674] | 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 | | Gorgie Road | Yes | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1900 | 1901 | | |
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 | | Hardy & Wight | | A | 1900 | 1901 | | | Henry Hardy | | A | 1900 | 1901 | | | John Rutherford Wight | | A | 1900 | 1901 | |
ReferencesBibliographic 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 | p506 |
Periodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 28 November 1901 | LXXXI | | p468 - description from Scotsman | | Building News | 15 November 1901 | | | p674 |
|