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in line with the balustrade of the portico. Reid's drawings show plans to include clocks within the faces of the attic storeys and to crown the pavilions with statues of female figures. These were never executed. The rear facade of the building, which faces onto
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in the building soon became apparent and the congregation entered into negotiations for union with St Andrew's. The charges were linked with a single minister in June 1962 and formal union was completed on 7 June 1964. At the time of its closure, the church maintained halls and a church officer's
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with a parish area allotted from portions of St Andrew's and St
Cuthbert's. As the charge was supported by the city council, St George's was a burgh church and the stipend of its minister was supported by diverting money from the second charge of the
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Scotland as St George's West. In 2013, the congregation united with St Andrew's and St George's to form St Andrew's and St George's West. The congregation's Shandwick Place building has been occupied since 2016 by the
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supported a shallow, coffered dome centring on a circular light. Illumination was also provided by three-light windows in the north, south, and east arms. These same arms housed galleries while the west arm was occupied by the focal point of the
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described the building as "an impressive reminder that we were once in earnest about churchgoing". A.J. Youngson found harsher criticisms of the building unjust while also concluding "it is certainly a pity the Adam design was not used".
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and accessed a flight of shallow steps. Within the portico, two rectangular entrances flank an arched entrance. All are filled in with smoked glass, which replaced wooden doors at the time of the building's secularisation.
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was completed in 2021. This included covering the exterior in scaffolding to restore stonework and to regild the cross at the top of the building. During the restoration, homelessness charities, including
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survey in 1951 found most of the furnishings were then modern while the doors to sanctuary were likely original. The surround of the central door to the sanctuary was fashioned as a memorial after the
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installed in 1882 and upgraded to three manuals by the same firm in 1897 and again enlarged by them in 1932. The organ was removed in 1962 and parts of it were reused at
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A.J. Youngson called St George's dome "one of the most notable features of the
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had designed a church as the centrepiece of the western side of the square; The funds raised by renting pews in advance had proven insufficient, however. The
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1389:Gifford, McWilliam, Walker 1984, p. 291.
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1106:List of listed buildings in Edinburgh
719:Ministry of Public Building and Works
604:Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank
535:Initially, St George's supported the
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1646:The Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh
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2101:Church of St Michael and All Saints
846:meant a new design was sought from
1718:. His Majesty's Stationery Office.
1399:McLean, David (26 February 2021).
815:In his plan for Charlotte Square,
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1737:The Making of Classical Edinburgh
1632:The Kirks of Edinburgh: 1560–1984
953:. The bottom part of the drum is
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2126:St Paul's and St George's Church
2096:Church of St John the Evangelist
920:attenuated pavilions flanking a
608:Thomas Maitland, Lord Dundrennan
562:St George's minister from 1834,
516:The church's first minister was
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2247:St Ninian and Triduana's Church
1735:Youngson, Alexander J. (1966).
1426:Loudon, Calum (20 April 2021).
1355:portal.historicenvironment.scot
935:The building's prominent green
773:initial plan for the New Town.
697:1956–1962 William Cecil Bigwood
341:. The building was designed by
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1998:Corstorphine Old Parish Church
969:at the front of the building.
765:and terminates the view along
713:The building was purchased by
694:1951–1955 James Robert Thomson
600:John Fullerton, Lord Fullerton
555:, the congregation joined the
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2227:St John the Evangelist Church
1739:. Edinburgh University Press.
1141:on Shandwick Place after the
949:are supported by a two-stage
646:house at Randolph Place. The
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596:Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn
374:. The dome, topped by a gilt
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2222:St Columba's Catholic Church
2189:Wester Hailes Baptist Church
2063:St Catherine's Argyle Church
1852:Scottish Parliament Building
1222:Dunlop 1988, pp. 24–25, 126.
624:Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster
588:David Cathcart, Lord Alloway
312:National Records of Scotland
202:National Records of Scotland
2553:Former churches in Scotland
2273:St Andrew's Orthodox Church
2154:Carrubbers Christian Centre
2027:Greyfriars Charteris Centre
1689:Historic Edinburgh Churches
1634:. Scottish Record Society.
690:Charles William Gray Taylor
685:1909–1917† Gavin Lang Pagan
422:St Andrew's and St George's
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2058:Edinburgh: New Town Church
1988:Church of Scotland offices
1857:Southside Community Centre
1698:. Oxford University Press.
723:Category A listed building
488:War of the Sixth Coalition
16:Former church in Edinburgh
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2043:North Leith Parish Church
2038:Mayfield Salisbury Church
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1329:Dunlop 1988, pp. 127–128.
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1154:, a Baptist congregation.
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1978:Barclay Viewforth Church
1796:Government buildings in
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1466:RCAMS 1951, pp. 184–185.
1252:Dunlop 1988, p. 126-127.
776:Both George Hay and the
730:Edinburgh World Heritage
610:. Three Lord Provosts –
580:James Wellwood Moncreiff
492:Henry Moncreiff-Wellwood
2468:St Paul's Parish Church
2370:Morningside High Church
2144:Augustine United Church
2003:Craigmillar Park Church
1817:Edinburgh City Chambers
1676:. W. F. Knox & Co.
1630:Dunlop, A. Ian (1988).
1616:Gray 1940, pp. 122–123.
1304:Gray 1940, pp. 128–129.
1261:Gray 1940, pp. 127–128.
1243:Gray 1940, pp. 124–127.
715:Scottish Records Office
664:1831–1834† James Martin
660:Andrew Mitchell Thomson
592:James Ivory, Lord Ivory
518:Andrew Mitchell Thomson
406:Andrew Mitchell Thomson
239:Design and construction
211:160 ft (49 m)
2395:Nicolson Street Church
2385:New College Settlement
2291:Mortonhall Crematorium
2217:St Catherine's Convent
2179:Mortonhall Crematorium
1993:Colinton Parish Church
1822:General Register House
1672:Gray, John G. (1961).
1457:Youngson 1966, p. 191.
1405:Edinburgh Evening News
1186:Youngson 1966, p. 189.
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2033:Holyrood Abbey Church
2018:General Assembly Hall
1663:Old and New Edinburgh
1213:Grant 1880 ii p. 175.
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2301:St Margaret's Chapel
2184:Quaker Meeting House
2068:St Cuthbert's Church
2048:Reid Memorial Church
1694:Hay, George (1957).
1685:Gray, William Forbes
1674:The South Side Story
1505:Lindsay 1948, p. 30.
1320:Dunlop 1988, p. 127.
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155:55.951528; -3.209167
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2415:St Stephen's Church
2324:Edinburgh Synagogue
2252:St Patrick's Church
2237:St Mary's Cathedral
2121:St Mary's Cathedral
2073:St Giles' Cathedral
1950:Religious sites in
1893:General Post Office
1872:West Register House
1827:HM Prison Edinburgh
1521:RCAMS 1951, p. 185.
1093:William Forbes Gray
821:St Paul's Cathedral
786:William Forbes Gray
709:West Register House
530:Alexander Mackenzie
418:Alexander Mackenzie
308:West Register House
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71:Architectural style
50:General information
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2400:St George's Church
2365:Lady Yester's Kirk
2232:St Joseph's Church
1888:Canongate Tolbooth
1832:New Register House
1708:. Oliver and Boyd.
1706:Georgian Edinburgh
1691:. The Moray Press.
1548:Gray 1940, p. 129.
1496:Gray 1940, p. 123.
1281:"Charlotte Chapel"
1234:Gray 1940, p. 127.
1195:Gray 1940, p. 124.
1177:Gray 1940, p. 122.
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1143:Caledonian Railway
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1648:. Penguin Books.
1557:Hay 1957, p. 188.
1539:Hay 1957, p. 126.
1482:Hay 1957, p. 127.
1117:Explanatory notes
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626:and the scholars
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