Engraving of Tron Church, High Street, Edinburgh showing the original steeple. Copied from 'Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity, Volume 2'. Insc. 'The Tron Church. Drawn, Eng.d & Pub.d by J & HS Store ...
SC 465068
Description Engraving of Tron Church, High Street, Edinburgh showing the original steeple. Copied from 'Views in Edinburgh and its Vicinity, Volume 2'. Insc. 'The Tron Church. Drawn, Eng.d & Pub.d by J & HS Storer, Chapel Street, Pentonville, April 1 1820'
Date 1/4/1820
Catalogue Number SC 465068
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 49667 P
Scope and Content The Tron Church, High Street, Edinburgh This church was founded in 1633 to afford a place for the congregation who had been moved from St Giles when it was afforded Cathedral status. The original contract was given to John Mylne who undertook the masonry work for the sum of £400. The original church was shortened and altered on both sides when North Bridge and Hunter Square were built in 1786. The greatest change, however, occurred shortly after this drawing was made, in 1824, when fire destroyed the tower. The new, larger and more formal, tower was completed in 1829. This is the steeple that survives today and provides a well-known feature of the Edinburgh skyline. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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