Assembly Hall [Tolbooth Church]

Category

Library Item

Item no

492

Title

Assembly Hall [Tolbooth Church] from Greyfriar's Churchyard

Description

Lithograph of the Assembly Hall, Edinburgh, as seen from Greyfriar's Churchyard. The 240 foot steeple of the Tolbooth Church (as it was also known) dominates the surrounding buildings and a gardener can be seen in the graveyard with a wheelbarrow.

Artist / maker

Hulme, Robert C.

Date

1867

Size

25 x 36 cm.

Type

Lithograph

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The Tolbooth Church, otherwise known as Victoria Hall or St John's Highland Tolbooth Kirk, was built in 1842-44 as both a parish church and a meeting place for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The General Assembly ceased to use the building when they relocated to 'Assembly Hall' on the Mound in 1929. The Church's congregation left the building in 1979, amalgamating with the congregation of Greyfriars Kirk. The Church fell into disuse but was revived in 1999 as 'The Hub', an information centre, ticket office, and venue for the Edinburgh International Festival.

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