Architecture Notes

Event ID 765930

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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NT27SW 122 24578 73835

Architect: Robert Reid, 1811-1814.

Robert Adam had made plans for the church but they were not carried out.

REFERENCE

Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh

Dick Peddie & McKay - repairs - Attic 2, Bin 24, Bag 2 - 1960-1

SRO

Letter from John Dalrymple Murray to his father Lt. Col. John Murray. 'The new Church in Charlotte Square is now nearly finished, the dome is almost done and the seats are put in on one side. It has 2 rows of galleries like the West Church and is to contain 1500 people. The chapel has been painted anew'

1813

GD219/301/2

Letter from John Dalrymple Murray to his father Lt. Col. John Murray. 'The New Church was oped this day by Sir Harry Moncrieff. The Concourse of People was immense, all the front part of Charlotte Square was filled with them. The Galleries are covered with red and all the doors are the same colour inside. The pulpit is of mahogany, most beautifully carved.'

1814

GD219/301/5

(Undated) information in NMRS.