Broughton and Canonmills

Churches

1.

Albany Street Church

Congregational Church

 NOW:  The Edinburgh Assay Office

24 Broughton Street

Photos to be added later

2.

Bellevue Chapel

Independent Evangelical Church

7 Rodney Street

 

Photos taken in 2015

Bellevue Chapel  -  Cornwallis Place and Rodney Street

Bellevue Chapel, 7 Rodney Street, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                           Photo taken January 10, 2015

Bellevue Chapel and Rodney Street

Bellevue Chapel, 7 Rodney Street, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                            Photo taken January 10, 2015

3.

Broughton St Mary's  Parish Church

Church of Scotland

12 Bellevue Crescent

 

Photo taken in 2015

Broughton St Mary's Parish Church

This photo was taken from close to the church, so its high tower is almost hidden.

roughton St Mary's Parish Church, 12 Bellevue Crescent, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 22, 2015

4.

Broughton Place Church

United Free Church of Scotland

NOW:  Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms

33 Broughton Place

 

Photos taken 2006

Lyon & Turnbull Auction House

In the rain  -  3 weeks before the auction, January 6 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 6, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull   -  Furniture for Auction  - On display inside the Sale Room

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 6, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull  -  Looking down on the Sale Room from the Balcony

The furniture was in the process of being re-arranged in the room when I took this photo.

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  3 weeks before the auction

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 6, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction House

In the snow  -  Auction Day, January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull  -  Auction Day  -  View from the Gallery

January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull  -  Auction Day  -  View from the Gallery  -  Zoom-in

Auction Day, January 28, 2015

Lyon & Turnbull Auction Rooms, Broughton Place Church  -  Auction Day

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                       Photo taken January 28, 2015

5.

Canonmills
Baptist Church

Baptist Union of Scotland

14 Canonmills

 

Photos taken 2006

This Chapel is opposite the Esso Petrol Station at Canonmills

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                          Photo taken March 6, 2006

Zoom in to the notice on the chapel wall

This notice refers to some of the earlier buildings used by Canonmills Baptist Church

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                    Photo taken March 6, 2006

 

Photo taken 2011

Canonmills Baptist Chapel

Looking north towards Canonmills

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                   Photo taken February 24, 2006

 

Photos taken 2015

Canonmills Baptist Chapel

It looks like a quiet evening ahead  -  especially for the man whose car has broken down!

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                     Photo taken January 19, 2015

A New Notice on the Chapel Wall

This notice mentions that the building was once been a
Primary School attended by Robert Louis Stevenson

Canonmills Baptist Church, 14 Canonmills, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                      Photo taken January 20, 2015

6.

Catholic Apostolic Church

NOW:  The Mansfield Traquair Centre

15 Mansfield Place (on corner of Mansfield Place and East London Street)

 

Photos taken 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  March 2006

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                 Photo taken March 6, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  March 2006

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                               Photo taken March 6, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  March 2006

This photo was taken on March 12, 2006;
just 6 days after the two photos with the blue skies above.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk         Photo taken March 12, 2006

Phoebe Anna Traquair Murals

The Mansfield Traquair Centre has many murals painted in 1893-1901 by the artist Phoebe Anna Traquair, and now fully restored.

These can be seen on Sunday Open Days organized by 'Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre'.  There will be Open Days on the 2nd Sunday of each month from January 2015 until at least June 2015, at 1pm- 4pm.

For more details, see the Mansfield Traquair web site abd the book ,"A Guide to The Mansfield Centre",  published by 'Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre' in 2006, available from the church.

 Thank you Friends of Mansfield Traquair Centre for allowing me to take the photos below inside the church.

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  The Nave and West Wall

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                           Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  The West Wall

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh
©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk     Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Mural on the West Wall:  "The Second Coming"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                           Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Nave and Chancel Arch

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk            Photo taken March 12, 2006

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Mural featuring some of:  "The Wise Virgins"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                           Photo taken March 12, 2006

Stained Glass windows in the South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

Also a ceiling mural by Traquair, illustrating Psalm 148

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                         Photo taken March 12, 2006

 

Photos taken 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre

Photo 1  -   8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre

Photo 2  -  also showing East London Street -   8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre

Photo 3  -  zoom-in on the church  -   8.30pm on January 19, 2015

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 19, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Nave and Chancel Arch

 The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk       Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Stained Glass and Murals

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre   -  The South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

Also a ceiling mural by Traquair, illustrating Psalm 148

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre   -  Murals

"The Parade of the Wise and Foolish Virgins"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  South Chapel  -  Murals illustrating Psalm 148

"Ye fruitful trees and all cedars, ...beasts and all cattle, Kings of the earth, and all People""

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Mural in the South Chapel

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins  - 'The Awakening'

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Stained Glass windows in the South Chapel

"The Transfiguration of Christ"

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                         Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Stained Glass window  -  Luke XV - VIII

I've taken the caption above from the central window.  I don't know the significance of it.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Stained Glass window  -  Luke XV - VIII

I've taken the caption above from the central window.  I don't know the significance of it.

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre

Stained Glass window - 1

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre

Stained Glass window - 2

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

 Mansfield Traquair Centre

Stained Glass window - 3

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk

Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Looking up

Photo taken with an 8mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Nave and Chancel Arch

Photo taken with a 15mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

Mansfield Traquair Centre  -  Looking up

Photo taken with an 8mm fisheye lens

The Mansfield Traquair Centre, 15 Mansfield Place, Broughton, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                   Photo taken:  8.30pm,  January 11, 2015

7.

St Mary's Cathedral

Roman Catholic Church

4 Broughton Street  (beside the roundabout at the top of Broughton Street)

 

Photos taken 2015

St Mary's Cathedral  -  Pews and Altar

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                   Photo taken: January 19, 2015

St Mary's Cathedral  -  Looking up

The altar is at the bottom of this photo; the organ and church entrance is at the top.

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                   Photo taken: January 19, 2015

St Mary's Cathedral  -  Looking up

The altar is at the bottom of this photo; the organ and church entrance is at the top.

St Mary's RC Cathedral, beside the roundabout at the top of Broughhton Street, Edinburgh

©  Peter Stubbs   peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk                                                                                   Photo taken: January 19, 2015

 

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