Stenhouse Saughton Church, Gorgie Road, Edinburgh

T Aikman Swan, architect, 1935. Gothic with Scots

vernacular detailing.

Cruciform church with polygonal apse to S and tower to NW.

To E lower hall range of 1912.

Snecked cream sandstone with polished ashlar dressings,

margins and quoins.

N elevation: main advanced central

gable with central ogee-headed window feature with moulded

architraves. To right square 3-stage tower with recessed

door to ground. Louvred belfry stage. Tower has shallow

pitch pyramidal copper roof.

4-bay nave with side aisles and clearstorey all round

arched windows with small-pane leaded glazing. Porch to

NW with moulded archivolt around recessed double leaf doors.

Interior: panelled low backed pews. Brick interior walls,

arcaded side aisles.

Timber panelled ceiling, dado panelled apse with elders'

pews.

Halls: 2 detached halls to SW of church. To S roughcast

with snecked ashlar 1930's porch. To W 5-bay rectangle

dated 1912, stugged ashlar with round arched windows; slate

roof with central fleche.

Boundary walls and railings: low coped ashlar wall supports

simple cast-iron railings.