Orphan Hospital and Lady Glenorchy's Chapel

Category

Library Item

Item no

1682

Title

Orphan Hospital and Lady Glenorchy's Chapel

Description

An image of the Orphan Hospital and Lady Glenorchy's Chapel at Dean, Edinburgh. The hospital sits on the left atop a steep slope. The chapel is situated at the end of the slope. A path leads from the front of the picture to a ruined church at the end. The path is lined with trees and several people are walking along it.

Artist / maker

Le Conte, John

Date

1825

Size

27 x 19 cm

Type

Watercolour

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

After being temporarily located in a house in Fyfe's Close, the Orphan Hospital moved in 1735 to its own building designed by William Adam on land near Lady Glenorchy's Chapel and Trinity College Church.
Lady Glenorchy's Chapel was built in 1772 and demolished in 1845. It was replaced with a church in Roxburgh Place. It stood on the present day Glenorchy Place, behind Edinburgh's Omni Centre, Greenside Place.

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Healthcare and welfare > Healthcare and welfare facilities > Orphanages

Places > Edinburgh areas > Dean

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

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