The Ancient West Window of South Leith Parish Church

Category

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Item no

37740

Title

The Ancient West Window of South Leith Parish Church

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1985

Size

10.5 x 12.7 cm

Type

Press cutting

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At the rebuilding of the church in 1846-7 many relics of the old building were either destroyed or passed into private hands. Dr Robertson the antiquarian was then a member of the congregation, and he had the west window removed to the garden of his house at 21 Albany Street. On either side of it he had built in the carved stone panels bearing the arms of Mary of Guise and of Mary Queen of Scots.

The window is in the style of the decorated Gothic, and the present west window is in all respects a reproduction of the original.

In 1911 the west window was purchased and removed to a parish in Argyllshire, where it is built into the parish church. The two carved panels were removed then to the front vestibule of South Leith Parish Church.

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