Lady Glenorchy's Free Church, Greenside Place, Edinburgh

The chapel was founded by Willielma Campbell, Viscountess Glenorchy. Her husband James Campbell had died in 1771 and she was left very wealthy. Under the influence of several people, in particular Jane Hill, Rowland Hill's sister, she became a major patron of the Church of Scotland both in her financial support of ministers and in her construction of several chapels, built at her own expense. In Edinburgh this led to the building of "Lady Glenorchy's Chapel" on a piece of low-lying ground between the Old Town to the south, and the village of Low Calton and the Calton Hill to the north. This ground, part of its garden ground, was feued from the Edinburgh Orphan Hospital. The church lay…

| diamonds = | closing_date = | developer = | architect = | operator = | owner = TripleB | number_of_restaurants = | number_of_rooms = 77 | number_of_suites = 20 | floor_area = | floor_count = 3 | parking = | website = | footnotes = }} Lady Glenorchy's North Church was renamed Hillside Church in 1956 when it merged with the Barony & St James Place Church in nearby Albany Street. Then in 1978 Hillside Church was vacated on merger with the Greenside Church in Royal Terrace. The former church was used for various purposes including as a carpet warehouse. All but the facade of the Hillside Church (Lady Glenorchy's Free Church) was demolished in 1986 and now forms the frontage of the Glasshouse…