Description

Paterson and Shiells, 1865-6. 3-storey Italian gothic church with open arcaded loggia to ground floor with corniced, chamfered piers; 4 bays to Victoria Terrace, 3 bays to Upper Bow. Squared and snecked stugged sandstone with polished dressings. Moulded string courses between ground and 1st floors and between 1st and 2nd floors. Finialled gables with roll-moulded decoration. Cusped 2-light Plate-traceried windows in round-arched surrounds.

S (VICTORIA TERRACE) ELEVATION: regular windows to 4 bays at 1st floor; three-light window to 2nd floor under broad gable with blind multifoil opening, flanked by narrow gables over outer bays.

W (UPPER BOW) ELEVATION: 2 bays to right gabled with blind mulifoil opening; single bay to left; shop to ground in left and centre bays.

E ELEVATION: projecting single bay with open arcade to ground and gable above.

Modern glazing with top hoppers. Grey slates.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building still in use as such. Original Secession Church, now Quaker Meeting House.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, Edinburgh at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q17795117

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