Muirhouse St Andrews Parish Church And Halls (Church Of Scotland), 42 Pennywell Gardens

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 03/06/2011 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 21590 76215 Coordinates 321590, 676215 — Harry Taylor, 1962-1965. Predominantly double height, square-plan Modernist church; orientated on diagonal axis, symmetrical S (principal) corner elevation with large recessed entrance and concrete sculpture to canted overhang (see NOTES); roofline canted up to sharp point on S and N corner elevations; single storey section wrapped around N corner elevation, with returns to principal S corner elevation. Artificial stone base course; predominantly cavity brick construction, cement harl; concrete eaves course; precast concrete steps. Chamfered cills. Small rectangular clearstory windows predominantly aligned to roofline; full-height glazing separated by tapered concrete mullions and timber transom to single storey section. Paired timber and glazed entrance doors, flanked by concrete cased chamfered stanchions. Cast-iron bell on concrete bracket above entrance. Cut-out to N corner elevation with structural painted steel I-beam crucifix. Roughly Z-plan church halls and vestry adjoined to NW corner. Predominately replacement opaque polycarbonate glazing in timber fixed pane windows, some awning windows to upper pane of single storey section; coloured glass to clearstory; some plate glass to church halls in variety of timber framed fixed pane with pivot or awning windows. Concrete tiled, pitched roof to church; flat felt roof to single storey section and church halls. INTERIOR (seen 2010): Modernist design scheme to interior. Greek cross windows with distinctive blue stained glass to inner wall of entrance vestibule. Stepped, square plan tiled dais; painted timber pews angled to plan; timber organ gallery over entrance with si

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.