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Basic Site Details
Name
Trinity Church
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Edinburgh
Status
Demolished
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Apse remaining is A listed.
1858 competition had 58 entrants in total. George Simmonds of London awarded second place; Oliver & Lamb awarded third.
Trinity College Church was demolished in 1848, each stone being numbered as it was intended to rebuilt the structure. However, the stones lay dormant for years in Regent Road and only a small number, comprising the apse (this part only listed and scheduled) and part of the choir were used in constructing the hall of the new Trinity Church on this site, begun in 1872 and opened in 1877.
(from RCAHMS: W F Gray 1940; RCAHMS 1951; R Butchart 1959; A T Simpson, S Stevenson and N Holmes 1981)
Alternative Names
The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
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Name
Current Name
Notes
Trinity College Church
No
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Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
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Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Church
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
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Address
Current Address
Notes
Trinity College Church Jeffrey Street
Yes
New site
Leith Wynd
Former site of building
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
1844c
1853c
Rhind employed to make estimates for rebuilding
1857
Billings's scheme to relocate the building on the site of the Burns Monument, Calton Hill
1858
Competition held - building not executed
1871
Rebuilding of mediaeval choir and apse as a hall
Opened
1877
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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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
Burn & Bryce
A
1844
1849
Building dismantled under Bryce's supervision and various schemes prepared
David Bryce
A
1844
1853
Building dismantled under Bryce's supervision and various schemes prepared
David Rhind
1844c
1853c
Robert William Billings
1857
Scheme to relocate the building on the site of the Burns Monument, Calton Hill
Charles Lanyon
B
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Haswell & Johnson?) - not built
Francis Robert Newton Haswell
C
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Lanyon & Lynn?) - not built
Haswell & Johnson
C
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Lanyon & Lynn?) - not built
Lanyon & Lynn
B
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Haswell & Johnson?) - not built
Oliver & Lamb
1858
Awarded third premium
Robert James Johnson
C
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Lanyon & Lynn?) - not built
William Henry Lynn
B
1858
Won open competition (joint first place with Haswell & Johnson?) - not built
John Lessels
1871
Rebuilding of mediaeval choir and apse as a hall
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
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Name
Notes
Edinburgh Corporation, initially Lord Provost Black
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
bio ref classic
Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Billings, R W
1845
The baronial and ecclesiastical antiquities of Scotland
4V
Edinburgh
Butchart, R
1959
\'Lost opportunities: an account of some of Edinburgh\'s unrealised projects: The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club
30
Colston, J
1897
Trinity College Church and Hospital
Fenwick, Hubert
1966
From College Kirk to Newsroom
May 1966
The Edinburgh Tatler, May1966
Forman, Sheila
1964
Glenae, Scot Fld
111
p50
Gourlay
1855
The Best Site for Trinity College Church
Gourlay
1856
Edinburgh as it is now and may be
Harper, Roger H
1983
Victorian Architectural Competitions: An Index to British and Irish Architectural Competitionsâ¦
London: Mansell Publishing
Hunter, W
1806
The new picture of Edinburgh, being an accurate guide to the city and environs with historical descriptive accounts..
p62
MacGibbon, A L
1910
\'Trinity College Church\' Trans Edinburgh Architect Ass
6
pp128-31
RCAHMS
1951
The Royal Commission on the Ancient Monuments of Scotland. An inventory of the ancient and historical monuments of the c
RCAHMS, Edinburgh
pp36-40
RSA
1851
220, 221, 222
Rhind, David
1848
Documents and Correspondence Relative to Trinity College Church
Privately printed; copy in National Library of Scotland
Simpson, Stevenson and Holmes, A T, S and N
1981
Historic Edinburgh, Canongate and Leith: the archaeological implications of development, Scottish burgh survey series
p23
The Scottish Architectural Institute
no 11, 1926
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Building Chronicle
1857/05
II
p197
Scotsman
1853/12/07
*
Edinburgh Evening Courant
1854/03/07
*
Builder
1858
XVI
pp146, 152 (or 162) & 483
Edinburgh Evening Courant
1853/12/10
*
Edinburgh Evening Courant
1854/02/16
*
Edinburgh Evening Courant
1854/03/14
*
RIAS Quarterly
1926
Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
Kerr, H F 'Trinity College Church, Edinburgh'Autumnp69-82
Architect
1871/10/06
6
pp202-203
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
25747
Edinburgh City Archives
Edinburgh Town Council Minutes
1845-70
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
27547
Appears to be second list entry
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