St Andew's Church (Church of Scotland), 17-19 (Odd Nos) Clermiston View, Edinburgh

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 16/03/2001 Local Authority Edinburgh Planning Authority Edinburgh Burgh Edinburgh NGR NT 20067 74543 Coordinates 320067, 674543 — Basil Spence & Partners, 1954-8 with later addition adjoined to north. Aisle-less nave and gabled church with ancillary wing to north and tripod belltower to south. All set around courtyard and built into slope of hill with rubble retaining, boundary walls and steps to west. Rendered, cavity brick walls with gables predominantly of squared, recycled rubble. Pitched roof with Ballachulish slate. Gabled entrance elevation to church with central timber 2-leaf doors under canopy and 7 clerestory lights following line of gable. Advanced single storey and basement ancillary wing to left of entrance gable and linked by glazed corridor. L-plan, canopied walkway to right of gable and terminating in 4-staged concrete and steel open-frame, tripod belltower topped with cross and ball. Square windows to nave. Slightly canted east gable of church. The interior was seen in 2000 and is an irregular-polygonal plan church with timber lined ceiling and plastered walls. At the east end is a raised triangular platform with timber liturgical furniture, a triangular communion table to match the platform and a large timber cross mounted on the rubble wall. Natural light shines through 22 windows on both side walls and lights are suspended from the ceiling by wires. Organ loft at rear. Rubble boundary walls with steps at centre. — St Andrew's Church is a unique example of a church in Scotland by the internationally renowned architect, Sir Basil Spence. The church is a good example of a post-war church building that has been influenced by rural vernacular architecture, as evidenced by the use of traditional materials, such as stone, slate and har

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.