North Morningside Church, interior. Detail of arcading on specimen capital.
SC 565074
Description North Morningside Church, interior. Detail of arcading on specimen capital.
Date 6/11/1984
Catalogue Number SC 565074
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 37407
Scope and Content Detail of a nave arch in the former North Morningside Church, 'Holy Corner', Morningside, Edinburgh northorth Morningside Church, designed in 1879-81 by David Robertson in a northeo-northorman style, is one of four churches at 'Holy Corner', and stands on the south corner of Chamberlain Road and Morningside Road. The church now serves as the Eric Liddell Centre. The voussoirs or wedge-shaped stones forming the arch show a zigzag pattern, and the responds, the half-piers carrying each end of the arch, have capitals carved in a series of 'log' shapes, both features characteristic of the Romanesque style. Romanesque was a style of architecture prevalent in Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries, characterised by massive vaulting and round arches. In England it was often referred to as Norman. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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