Greenside Church

Greenside Church 1883

The Greenside Church is a church building of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Edinburgh . It is located on Royal Terrace at the north foot of Calton Hill.

history

The church is at a point where in the Middle Ages, a monastery of Carmelite had found. This monastery was abandoned after the Reformation in Scotland and the building was initially used as an accommodation for lepers before it fell into disrepair.

The current church is a neo-Gothic building by the architect James Gillespie Graham . It was completed on October 6, 1839.

organ

The organ was built in 1933 by the organ builder Ingram & Company (Edinburgh) and extensively revised in 1964 by the organ builder Henry Willis & Sons (London). The instrument was last restored in 1993 by the organ builder Rushworth & Dreaper (Liverpool). The organ has 21 stops on two manuals and a pedal . The playing and stop actions are electro-pneumatic.

I Great C – c 4 Lovely bourdon 16 ′ No. 1 open diap 8th' No. 2 open diap 8th' Clarabella 8th' Dulciana 8th' Principal 4 ′ Harmonic flute 4 ′ Fifteenth 2 ′

II Swell C-c 4 Violin diapason 8th' Lovely Gedact 8th' Echo gamba 8th' Vox Celestes 8th' Gemshorn 4 ′ Dulciana Mixture II horn 8th' oboe 8th' Clarinet 8th' Tremulant

Pedal C – f 1 Open diapason 16 ′ Bourdon 16 ′ Octave 8th' Bass flute 8th'

• Coupling: II / I and II / II (each also as sub and super octave coupling), I / P, II / P (also as super octave coupling)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ information on organ (English)

Web links

• Church website (s)
• The church in Scotland's Churches Trust
• Listed Building Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

Coordinates: 55 ° 57 '25 "  N , 3 ° 10' 55"  W.