New Assembly Hall [Tolbooth Church]

Category

Library Item

Item no

493

Title

New Assembly Hall [Tolbooth Church]

Description

Coloured lithograph of the view down Castle Hill, Edinburgh, to the Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland. The street is very busy with soldiers, horse and carts and people. The 240 ft steeple of Assembly Hall dominates the surrounding buildings.

Artist / maker

Leitch, William Leighton

Engraver

Harding, JD

Date

1854

Size

28 x 38 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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Places > Edinburgh areas > Old Town

Places > Scotland > Edinburgh

Religion > Religious facilities > Protestant churches

Transport > Land > Horse and carts

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