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Edinburgh, South Clerk Street, The Queen's Hall
Church (19th Century), Hall (20th Century)
Site Name Edinburgh, South Clerk Street, The Queen's Hall
Classification Church (19th Century), Hall (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Newington And St Leonard's Church; Newington Parish Church; Hope Park Chapel Of Ease
Canmore ID 74051
Site Number NT27SE 510
NGR NT 26280 72641
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/74051
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
NT27SE 518 26280 72641
The Queen's Hall [NAT]
OS (GIS) MasterMap, September 2010.
ARCHITECT: Robert Brown 1823
(St Leonards Church): J Lessels
Information from a catalogue slip:
Report of Newington Church, 1876, p.17 'Mr Lessels, architect was asked to prepare plans of a suitable church, which have been approved. Owing to his illness, procedure was interrupted for some time; arrangements, however have now been made for receiving offers from contractors for the erection of the church'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Conversion to concert hall by Robert Hurd & Partners, 1978-9. Opened as the Queen's Hall, new home of the Scottish Philharmonic Society, by Her Majesty the Queen 6 July 1979.
T Griffin 1979; J Gifford, C McWilliam and D Walker 1991.
