Assembly Hall, Edinburgh from the Greyfriars Churchyard

Category

Library Item

Item no

40349

Title

Assembly Hall, Edinburgh from the Greyfriars Churchyard

Artist / maker

Hulme, Robert C.

Date

1867

Size

35.7 x 24.8 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

This historic, category A listed building forms an integral part of the architectural fabric of Edinburgh. The spire is the highest point in central Edinburgh.

It was constructed between 1842 and 1845, as the Victoria Hall, to house the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The architects were James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Welby Pugin. Curiously the building was never consecrated as a Church. In 1929 the Church of Scotland ceased to use the building and it became a temporary home for a variety of congregations. It was named the Highland Tolbooth St John's Church in 1956, before falling into disuse in the 1980s.

In 1999, the building was transformed into The Hub, the offices and a performance space for the Edinburgh International Festival.

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