Basic Site Details
| Name: | Elder Memorial Free Church |
| Town, district or village: | Leith |
| City or county: | Edinburgh |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | British Architect 4 January 1901 Page 5: The erection of the Elder memorial Church in Hope Street, Leith, has been completed. The new church is in the late Gothic style and consists of a nave and aisles, the nave being divided into four bays with octagonal stone columns. At the north end there is a gallery and at the south end a rectangular apse which contains the pulpit and communion table. Behind the apse there is a gallery for the choir and organ. The outside of the building is divided into four bays corresponding with those in the interior by deeply projecting buttresses and the walls are crowned with stone-battlemented parapets. The church has accommodation for 600 persons and behind it is a hall seated for 200 persons while, in addition, a vestry, session house, and ladies’ room have also been constructed. The architects were Messrs Sydney Mitchell and Wilson of Edinburgh. |
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 | |
| Casselbank Street | Yes | |
| Hope Street | Former name | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| Late 1900(?) | Completion | ||
| 1901 | |||
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 Galt Mitchell | A | 1900 | As assistant to Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | ||
| Arthur George Sydney Mitchell | A | Before 1900 | 1901 | ||
| George Wilson | A | Before 1900 | 1901 | ||
| Sydney Mitchell & Wilson | A | Before 1900 | 1901 | ||
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 | p452 | |
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| British Architect | 4 January 1901 | p5 | ||
| Builder | 17 February 1900 | |||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Courtesy of Neil Darlington | Information sent via DSA website | sent October 2009 | |
| Edinburgh City Archives | Leith Dean of Guild Plans | 11 July 1899 | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 27088 | |
| RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | John Galt Mitchell: L v1 no91 (microfilm reel 29) | |