Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh is a Grade B listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 22 June 1965. Church.

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Queensferry Road, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
solitary-chancel-mallow
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
22 June 1965
Type
Church
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

John Henderson, 1837-8, later sanctuary 1900 by John Robertson; conversion to electricity substation, 1957. Rectangular plan, Neo-perpendicular Gothic church with 3 stage pinnacled lancet tower, on prominent site at the N end of the Dean Bridge. 5-bay with arcaded basement to S. Sandstone ashlar. Advanced banded base course; moulded cill course. Moulded eaves course with blank parapet above. Stepped buttresses to each bay, setback to corners; all extending above parapet as triangular finials over moulded cornice, topped with thistle motif. Tall pointed arched windows to each bay in recessed chamfered surrounds; hoodmoulded and with timber tracery. Later addition to right (W) with lower wallhead and small central gable. . Painted clock face to E beneath paired lancet windows to 3rd stage of tower. Notable examples of stained-glass windows by James Ballantine (circa. 1860's) and Henry Holiday (circa. 1900).

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