Mortuary Chapel, Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh

George Washington Browne, 1895, as part of design for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children Main Hospital Building. Single storey, 4-bay, rectangular-plan stone mortuary chapel with asymmetrical elevations and an outstanding 1885 mural scheme by Phoebe Anna Traquair (re-sited here in 1895) Situated to northeast corner of the main hospital building (see separate listing). Pair of shouldered arched stone doorways to left in slightly advanced double bay. Piended roof with lower mansard to the front elevation with box dormers. Mullioned leaded bipartite windows, tripartite and quad-partite windows to east gable. Plainer brick construction to rear, slate roof and leaded pane timber windows.

The interior was seen in 2014 and has a outstanding decorative scheme with richly symbolic Arts and Crafts murals by the artist Phoebe Traquair, first executed 1885 at Meadowside House and transferred to the new site under her supervision in 1895. Mural panels above timber boarded dado rail depicting angels singing the Sanctus set against 6 horizontal friezes with doves, flowers, and rams which represent the 6 days of creation. Inset panel depicting annunciation and crucifixion. Coombed ceiling painted with the cross and circles, symbols of eternal life.