Historic churches · Central Scotland
St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh
St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh — category C listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Free entry
About
St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh is a category C listed building-listed church in scotland-central, United Kingdom, registered on the Historic Environment Scotland register (entry LB48534). 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 C Date Added 12/03/2002 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 24026 74769 Coordinates 324026, 674769 — JN Scott and A Lorne Campbell, 1901. Gothic church with pitch-roofed nave, lower pitch-roofed transepts and flat-roofed aisles; piend-roofed single storey hall complex with gothic windows to rear. Squared and snecked bull-faced red sandstone with polished dressings. Chamfered openings; angle buttresses. S ELEVATION: steps to 2 2-leaf timber-panelled doors with decorative iron hinges in pointed-arched openings, contained in segmental-arched frame, flanked by small rectangular windows; large 6-light Tudor-arched window above. Decorative finials to gable. E AND W ELEVATIONS: tall 2-light windows lighting aisles and smaller 3-light clerestorey windows lighting nave. 2 3-light windows to transepts. Flat-roofed porch (see Notes) to W with 2-leaf timber boarded door with decorative metal hinges in Tudor-arched surround. Polygonal stair tower to SE with small rectangular windows. INTERIOR: compartmented hammerbeam roof. Tudor arches to aisles. Timber gallery to rear. Fixed pews. Curved reredos and dado panelling behind Elders' seating and recessed organ. Gothic communion table and font. Organ by JJ Binns of Leeds, 1902. Stained glass: 3-light window in W transept (War Memorial) by R Douglas McLundie of the Abbey Studio; E transept: 3-light window by George Garson, Edinburgh College of Art, 1968. HALL COMPLEX: 2-leaf timber boarded door in pointed-arched surround flanked by 2-light gothic windows; swept-roofed ventilator to roof. Perpendicular tracery and leaded glass to windows of church; 6-pane glazing with top hoppers to hall complex. Cast-iron down pipe with decorative hopper to hall. Stone skews. Grey slates. — Ecclesiastica
From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.
Place summary
St Stephen's Free Church and Hall is located on Comely Bank Road in Edinburgh, central Scotland. This building is designated as a category C listed structure, highlighting its architectural and historical significance.
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- Coordinates
- 55.9599, -3.2185
- District
- City of Edinburgh
- Postcode
- EH4 1DW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Edinburgh North and Leith
Sources
- wikidata: Q77777176 (CC0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh?
- St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh is in central Scotland, United Kingdom (postcode EH4 1DW).
- Is St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh a listed building?
- St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh is officially recognised as category C listed building listed.
- Is St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh free to visit?
- Yes, St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh is free to enter.
- How do I get to St Stephen's Free Church And Hall, Comely Bank Road, Edinburgh?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode EH4 1DW. It sits within the Edinburgh North and Leith parliamentary constituency.