Barclay Church, Photos, Viewforth, Photo, Architect, Date, Location, History
Barclay Church Edinburgh : Architecture
Edinburgh Gothic church building design by F T Pilkington Architect, Scotland, UK
post updated 29 October 2023
building photos © Adrian Welch Sep 2006 with lumix camera
Address: 1A Barclay Place, Viewforth / Bruntsfield
Location: 5 mins. southwest of Edinburgh city centre
Date of completion: 1862-64
Architect: F T Pilkington
Restoration Architects: Stewart Tod & Partners
Barclay Church building
Franco-Venetian style: 250ft tall stone spire
Intersecting King and Queen truss roof construction
Barclay Viewforth Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Presbytery of Edinburgh.
Address: Edinburgh
Phone: 0131 229 6810
source: Barclay Viewforth Church
Regular Sunday services are the 11am Morning Worship and a 6.30pm Evening Service.
Barclay Viewforth Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Presbytery of Edinburgh. The structure is located at the border between the Bruntsfield and Tollcross areas of the city at the junction of Barclay Place and Wright’s Houses.
The church was built by Frederick Thomas Pilkington (1832–98) – starting in 1862 and completed in 1864 – from a bequest left by Mary Barclay for the building of a church for the Free Church of Scotland. The first minister of the congregation was Rev. James Hood Wilson, DD, the first service of public worship being held on 23 December 1864.
The church remained part of the Free Church of Scotland until 1900 when the majority of the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland united to form the United Free Church of Scotland, and subsequently joined the Church of Scotland in 1929 when the majority of the United Free Church joined the Church of Scotland.
source: Barclay Viewforth Church Edinburgh
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