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St George's West Church on the corner of Shandwick Place and Stafford Street, Edinburgh |
© peter.stubbs@edinphoto.org.uk
Photo taken April 11, 2011
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More Photographs 2011 |
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Looking Up |
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Verticals straightened |
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All nine images above have been made from the same photograph |
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History St George's West and other related churches |
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Church Buildings and Congregations 1. St George's church was built by Edinburgh Council on the west side of Charlotte Square, between 1811 and 1814 2. In 1843, the 'Disruption' occurred, in which many Ministers and Members of the Church of Scotland broke away from the church to form the Free Church of Scotland. Those who broke away from St George's Church at Charlotte Square moved into a new building, Free St George's at Lothian Road, that opened in 1845 on the site of the current Caledonian Hotel. 3. Caledonian Railway's expansion resulted in the demolition of Free St George's in Lothian Road, in the mid-1860s. A new Free St George's church, designed by David Bryce, was built on the corner of Shandwick Place and Stafford Street in 1866-69. A 56 meter campanile, designed by Rowand Anderson, based on St Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, was added in 1879-81. This is the building that appears in the photos on this page. 4. In 1964, the congregations of: - St George's church (in Charlotte Square) and
- St Andrew's
church (east end of George Street) united
to become They began to worship at the former St Andrew's church in George Street.
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Free St George's church later became known as St George's West.
6. In 2010, the congregations of: - St George's West (4 above) and
- St Andrew's & St
George's (5 above)
united to become
Source: The Buildings of
Scotland - Edinburgh (John Gifford et al) (1+3 above) |