Granton Parish Church and Hall, 55-55A Boswall Parkway, Edinburgh

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 16/09/1998 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 23703 76598 Coordinates 323703, 676598 — John F Matthew (of Lorimer and Matthew), 1936. Cruciform-plan Church of Scotland extension church with adjoining hall to NE; Scottish Arts and Crafts tradition. Tower to re-entrant between chancel and N transept with linking section to church hall adjoining to N; whole complex forms overall Z-plan. Coursed snecked and rake-jointed Craigmillar sandstone rubble of pinkish hue with contrasting rockfaced and tooled ashlar dressings. Projecting base course to most parts; splayed rockfaced long and short dressings to openings; projecting stone sills; tooled ashlar coping to eaves and gable ends. NAVE: W (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: central round-arched entrance with deep splayed reveals; 2-leaf panelled timber door; small flanking windows; large oculus above; shouldered gable with narrow light at apex. N ELEVATION: 5-bay; doorway to outer right; round-arched windows in remaining bays. S ELEVATION: doorway to outer left; lean-to porch with swept roof in bay to outer right; round-arched windows in central 3 bays. TRANSEPTS: shouldered gables with narrow light at apex. Round-arched window to S gable end; large oculus to N gable end; each has round-arched window to right return. APSE: shouldered gable to E with narrow light at apex; round-arched window below. Canted sides with wall stepped up from eaves to E; smaller round-arched window to each. Corner built out at S re-entrant with round-arched window. Tower to N re-entrant. TOWER: 2 stages; single round-arched louvred window to each face of upper stage; tooled ashlar cornice with coping and moulded bracket to each side. Adjoins single storey LINKING SECTION to N; entrance with 2 window

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.