Architecture Notes

Event ID 771225

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Architecture Notes

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NT27SW 17.00 24819 73607

NT27SW 17.01 24851 73554 Church Hall (Bank)

NT27SW 17.02 24760 73546 Watchtower

NT27SW 17.03 24909 73486 Toolhouse

NT27SW 17.04 24878 73560 Burial ground

There is no trace of the old church.

Visited by OS (JLD) 28 December 1953.

NT27SW 17.00 (NT 24819 73607) St Cuthbert's or West Church (NAT)

on Site of (NAT) St Cuthbert's Kirk (NR)

OS 6" map, Edinburghshire, 1st ed., (1853).

In all probability St Cuthbert's Church was founded by Malcolm Canmore and Queen Margaret. It is first recorded in a charter of David I, dated c. 1127. Nothing remains of the medieval fabric. Only the W tower remains of a reconstruction of the church in 1774; the steeple was added in 1789 and the remainder of the present church was built in 1893. RCAHMS 1951; G Hay 1957.

ARCHITECT: Hippolyte J Blanc, 1893 (reconstruction of 1774 church)

A F Balfour Paul - monument

A Handyside Ritchie - sculptor - monument to Dr Dickson

Robert Wright - extension to Manse to West, 1828

See NMRS Collections SK/Ferg/10, Ferguson Sketch Book 10 for pencil sketch of St Cuthbert's, insc: 'Steeple of the West Kirk. Edinburgh.' and also detail of sundial insc; 'Dial on W. face of Steeple. West Kirk. Edinburgh.'

NMRS Print Room

Inglis Photograph Collection, Acc No 1994/90

Interior view towards apse

Monument in the churchyard, Thomas Dequincey (also Rufus Woodward)

NMRS Print Room

W Schomberg Scott Photograph Collection, Acc No 1997/39

General view of the church and 2 details of monuments in the churchyard

REFERENCE:

NMRS

St Cuthbert's Parish Church

Plans I G Lindsay Collection, W/35

Ex-EUE-M Lantern Slides - see Collection

Edinburgh, St Cuthbert's Parish, land to be taken by North British Railway from Wm. Bonar Esq.

NMRS REFERENCE.

PLANS:

Dick Peddie and MacKay, Edinburgh.

Bin 12, Bag 1.

u/s, 1865.

SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE

Repairie of St Cuthbert's Kirk and Kirkyard dykes.

Receipt for ?15.5.4 as part of stent.

24 December

1627 GD150/3236/19

Papers concerning the building of the new Church 1773 - 1776 GD 69/210

[some details follow]

Contract between the Heritors and James Weir, wright in Tolcross, for the building of a new church.

1773 GD 69/210/(a)/7

Estimate by James Wier, Architect, for the new Church.

1773 GD 69/210/(b)/24

Valuation of the stones of the Old Church at ?16.

1773 GD 69/210/(b)/36

Accounts from Robert Burn for superintending the work of masons and from William Key, Carpenter.

1774 - 1775 GD 69/210/(b)/37

Account of dues to James Weir, Architect. They amount to ?3,366. 2. 1.

1776 GD 69/210/(b)/24

PLANS

St Cuthbert's Churchyard,

Monument to J Scott Junr.