Corstorphine Church, Kirk Loan

Category

Library Item

Item no

31796

Title

Corstorphine Church, Kirk Loan

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1880

Size

16.0 x 22.3 cm

Type

Photograph; Reproduction

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

Corstorphine Old Parish Church, also know as Corstorphine Collegiate Church, was built in the late 14th or early 15th century by Sir Adam Forrester and dedicated to St John the Baptist. It was constructed adjacent to an earlier church which was demolished in the 17th Century. It was extended and became a collegiate church in 1429. The church has been subject to extensive alterations during its history.

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