Interior Of The Church of St John The Evangelist On Visit To City Centre Of Edinburgh Scotland



Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the interior of The Church of St John The Evangelist on ancestry, history visit to the city centre of Edinburgh. This is a Scottish Episcopal church located at the west end of Princes Street. It was dedicated as St John's Chapel on Maundy Thursday 1818 with construction having begun in 1816. It was designed by the architect William Burn. The sanctuary and chancel were built between 1879 and 1882 by John Dick Peddie and Norman Boyd Kinnear. The congregation had begun in 1792 when Daniel Sandford came to Edinburgh to minister on Church of England lines. In 1797 the Qualified congregation moved to Charlotte Chapel which was re-built on larger lines in 1811. They sold shares to fund a new church, the banker Sir William Forbes being the main figure, and Charlotte Chapel was then sold to the Baptists. Edward Bannerman Ramsay joined St John's as curate in 1827. He succeeded Bishop Sandford as minister in 1830, and stayed until his own death in 1872, having being Dean from 1846. Stained glass windows are largely by Ballantine, but the east window is by William Raphael Eginton. Edinburgh based manufacturers founded by James Ballantine, born 1808, died 1877, and George Allan as Ballantine & Allan. Began making stained glass in the 1830s. In 1843 they won a competition to design windows for the new Houses of Parliament in London, England, although in the event they only provided some windows for the House of Lords. James Ballantine was the author of a series of books on the history and techniques of stained glass manufacture, notably A Treatise on Painted Glass. His son Alexander Ballantine, born 1841, died 1906, joined the firm, which was known as Ballantine and Son from about 1860 until 1892, and then Ballantine and Gardiner until 1905, when Herbert Gardiner joined as a partner. From 1905 Alexander Ballantine was joined by his son James Ballantine II, born 1878, died 1940, by then the firm was known as A. Ballantine & Son. Some work by the firm was signed with the alternative spelling of Ballantyne.

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