Standing Building Recording

Date 27 April 2017 - 28 April 2017

Event ID 1039636

Category Recording

Type Standing Building Recording

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1039636

NT 25704 74509 A historical building survey was carried out, April 2017, of the category A listed meeting house. The building was designed by Alexander Black (1797 – 1858) for the Glasites, an offshoot of the Church of Scotland. The building was last used for worship in 1989 and contains a notably intact double-height late Georgian chapel or meeting house. An ornate three-tier pulpit on the interior S-facing elevation is a later insertion (1873) designed by the renowned architect David Bryce.

The survey was carried out prior to the proposed refurbishment works that included opening up blind windows on the S and E-facing external elevations and the removal of box pews and the lowest tier of the pulpit.

Archive: NRHE (intended). Report: Edinburgh City Council SMR and NRHE

Funder: Lee Boyd Ltd Architects on behalf of Scottish Historic Building Trust

Information from Michael Cressey (CFA Archaeology Ltd) May 2017. OASIS ID - cfaarcha1-284949