St James' Episcopal Chapel 1805

Category

Library Item

Item no

37714

Title

Page from Leith Miscellany, volume VII, St James' Episcopal Chapel

Artist / maker

Unknown

Engraver

J Storer

Date

1820

Type

Engraving; Reproduction

This chapel, although never consecrated, served as the Episcopal Church of Leith until a new church was erected in 1863, a few yards from this building in Constitution Street. The architect was James Thompson.

The entrance is under a square recess upheld by Corinthian columns. Inside this church is a complete square lighted by a cupola in the roof.

The first service was held on the 30th of March 1806.

After the church was built, the old church here was added to and was latterly occupied by Messrs Lawson, Donaldson & Co seed merchants, and was destroyed by fire in 1980.

The second picture is of Edward Salvesen (1857-1942) was the son of Christian Salvesen, the founder of the Christian Salvesen shipping line. He was a lawyer and was appointed a judge of the Court of Session in 1905, holding the position until 1922. He stood as a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Unionist party on two occasions but was unsuccessful.

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