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Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh

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Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh — category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.

Building site at Bristo Place - geograph.org.uk - 573817

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30 min–1 h
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Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh is a category B listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB47341). Listed status protects buildings and structures of special architectural or historic interest. See the linked Wikipedia article for further details.

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Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 16/08/2000 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 25783 73221 Coordinates 325783, 673221 — Sydney Mitchell and Wilson, 1899-1900. 2-storey, 4-bay Scots Renaissance church and offices sited to the centre of a street run. Smooth red sandstone ashlar, painted to ground. Bays divided by pilasters, channelled at ground, fluted Ionic pilasters at 1st floor. Continuous cornices at ground floor and eaves. Recessed 2-leaf timber panelled door with leaded glass in decorative fanlight in key-blocked round-arched surround with broken pediment containing cartouche to outer left; decorative wrought-iron gates. 3-light mullioned and transomed window in 2nd bay from left. 2 bay shop to right. 4 tall round-arched windows with geometric tracery and clear leaded glass at 1st floor. Blind oculus in central shaped wallhead gable (strapwork decoration effaced), flanked by parapet. Pitched roof with gablet roof behind pediment and two gables to rear forming F-plan. Small-pane leaded glazing to upper lights of shop windows. Grey slates. End stacks. INTERIOR (seen 2000): leaded lights to vestibule screen. Offices and former shops to ground and basement. Fine staircase with green glazed Art Nouveau dado tiling, iron balusters and timber handrail. Church at 1st floor: L-plan galleries; vaulted roof with Tudor-arched ribs; modillioned cornice; decorative corbels to ribs; tiered galleries with bracketed timber front; 2 Tudor arches and mutual column to upper side aisle; later glazed screen to lower side aisle; boarded dado. Pilastered pulpit with arched and corniced wall panel behind. Timber pews. Boxed immersion pool. Pipe organ to main gallery (Gray and Davidson, 1900). — Place of worship still in use. A well-detailed late 19th century

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.

Place summary

The Seventh Day Adventist Church is located at 2-3 Bristo Place in Edinburgh, central Scotland. It is a category B listed building, recognising its architectural and historical significance.

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Coordinates
55.9463, -3.1899
Postcode
EH1 1EZ
Parliamentary constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh?
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH1 1EZ).
Is Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh a listed building?
Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh is officially recognised as category B listed building listed.
Is Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh free to visit?
Yes, Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh is free to enter.
How do I get to Seventh Day Adventist Church, 2-3 Bristo Place, Edinburgh?
Drivers can navigate to postcode EH1 1EZ. It sits within the Edinburgh East and Musselburgh parliamentary constituency.