View from South South West from courtyard to rear showing tower.
SC 460274
Description View from South South West from courtyard to rear showing tower.
Catalogue Number SC 460274
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 70627
Scope and Content Magdalen Chapel, Cowgate, Edinburgh The Magdalen Chapel was founded in the Cowgate in 1541. At this time the Cowgate was a fashionable street inhabited by wealthy citizens. There were fine houses and it boasted its own wells to ensure that there was good quality fresh water. Though the Cowgate is no longer as fashionable today, the interior of the chapel reflects its origin. There is fine Jacobean-style arcaded wooden panelling. The exterior reflects late 19th-century work, and the building was restored in the 1960s. The windows of the Magdalen Chapel are well-known as the only examples of stained glass from the pre-Reformation period to have survived in their original setting. In 1621, a tower was added. The Chapel today serves Heriot-Watt University. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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