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Edinburgh, Leith, 119 Constitution Street, St James Church, Hall

Church Hall (20th Century), Inscribed Stone (16th Century), Lintel (Post Medieval)

Site Name Edinburgh, Leith, 119 Constitution Street, St James Church, Hall

Classification Church Hall (20th Century), Inscribed Stone (16th Century), Lintel (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) John's Place

Canmore ID 51995

Site Number NT27NE 71

NGR NT 27227 76113

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51995

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Architecture Notes

NT27NE 71 27227 76113

NT27NE 111 27202 76108 St James Church

NT27NE 616 27246 76102 Rectory

Architect: David John Chisholm

Above the entrance to St James's Church Hall, John's Place, has been inserted a lintel removed in the first instance from a house in Chapel Lane. In a small panel at the left-hand side there are two sets of initials, T F and A M. A larger panel to the right contains the main inscription in a couplet: THAY ARE WELCVM HEIR THAT/GOD DOIS LOVE AND FEIR 1590.

RCAHMS 1951.

NMRS Reference.

Edinburgh, Leith, Free St. John's Church Manse.

PLANS:

Dick Peddie & MacKay, Edinburgh. New.

Bin 18, Bag 2. J. Dick Peddie. 1850.

Edinburgh, Queen Charlotte Street. Free St. John's Church.

Architect: John Paterson 1870-1871.

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Publication Account (1951)

242. Carved Stone, John's Place.

Above the entrance to St. James's Church Hall, John's Place, has been inserted a lintel removed in the first instance from a house in Chapel Lane. In a small panel at the left-hand side there are two sets of initials, T F and A M. A larger panel to the right contains the main inscription in a couplet: THAY ARE WELCVM HEIR THAT / GOD DOIS LOVE AND FEIR 1590.

RCAHMS 1951, visited c.1940

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