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Edinburgh, 194 Glasgow Road, Gogar Parish Church
Church (17th Century), Font (15th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, 194 Glasgow Road, Gogar Parish Church
Classification Church (17th Century), Font (15th Century)
Canmore ID 50670
Site Number NT17SE 3
NGR NT 16827 72540
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50670
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT17SE 3.00 16827 72540
NT17SE 3.01 16822 72523 Churchyard with Liston Monument
(NT 1682 7252) The modern church of Gogar embodies a 17th century structure at its S end. This is oblong on plan and measures 18' N-S by 24 1/2' E-W. It is rubble-built, with crow-stepped gables, and is featureless. Within the church is a 15th century font.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1920
This church is as described in previous information. In normal use.
Visited by OS (SFS) 11 December 1975
Gogar parish was united with Corstorphine in 1599. Traces of the foundations of the medieval church could be seen in 1889, when the site was occupied by a family burial-vault (subsequently restored for re-use as a church).
T Bonnar 1891; H Scott et al (eds.) 1915-61; I B Cowan 1967.
Field Visit (10 September 1920)
Gogar Church and Font.
The modern church of Gogar, which occupies a secluded site on the right bank of the Gogar Burn 2 miles west of Corstorphine, embodies a 17th-century structure at its southern end. This is oblong on plan and measures 18 feet from north to south by 24 ½ feet from east to west; it is built of rubble, has crow-stepped gables and is feature-less.
Within the church is preserved a stone baptismal font, which is set on a modern shaft and base. The bowl is of freestone and is moulded at lip and base with Gothic mouldings, crudely executed and probably of 15th century date. The dimensions are: 2 feet 4 inches in diameter, 1 foot 4 inches in height, 11 inches in depth. The cavity is not smoothly wrought, which suggests that it was lined with metal; there is a central orifice. On the lip are remains of iron studs for a cover. The font is illustrated in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., xxi(I886-7), p. 356.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 10 September 1920.
