166:
park are accessed from West
Silvermills Lane. On this site, at the Disruption of the Church of Scotland in 1843, St Bernard's Free Church was founded together with a church hall and a beadle's house. The church was rebuilt in 1856. The Free Church united with the United Presbyterian Church in 1900, forming the United Free Church when it became known as St Bernard's United Free Church. Dean Street Congregation united with St Bernard's United Free Church in 1915. It became St Bernard's South at the Union in 1929 of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church. The greater part of Dean Street Congregation formed a separate congregation in Queen Street Hall (later the BBC Headquarters) in 1861. The Queen Street Congregation moved to a newly built church in Eyre Crescent, called Davidson Church after its first minister, Rev. Peter Davidson in 1881. St Bernard's South and Davidson united at St Bernard's Davidson Church in 1945. St Bernard's Stockbridge united with St Bernard's Davidson in 1980. It was demolished in 1985.
93:
83:
In 1835 architect George Smith erected St
Stephen's School in St.Stephen's Street, which street was laid out in 1825. At the end of this street was a large skating rink designed in 1895 but converted into a theatre five years later. It then became a ballroom which burned down to be replaced by flats
57:
In the 19th century the area was best known for its great tannery. This together with other industries colonised the lands which until recently were considered uneconomic to develop. No parts of it nor the old mills still exist but until the 1990s remnants did stand on both sides of West
Silvermills
104:
Although redeveloped the medieval routes of both East and West
Silvermills Lane were preserved in their entirety. The former steep dog-leg link from the east lane to Fettes Row was removed c.2000 when a residential development was built but a public pedestrian route still exists under the building.
165:
To the north east and overlooking
Silvermills lies St Bernard's House, a brick building constructed in 1987 by Lothian Homes Limited, with 46 private retirement flats and a warden's flat. The warden's flat became a retirement flat in 2010. Its main entrance is on Henderson Row, the gardens and car
100:
All but
Silvermills House itself was redeveloped by 1997, as part of a Council plan for the area. The western side is largely housing. The main estate is by Cala Homes and has a sculpture at its centre, over life-size of a horse and rider holding an eagle, "Horse~Rider~Eagle" by sculptor, Eoghan
153:
of
Jerusalem Grand Commandery of Lochore, which had bought the building from the Vestry Trustees in 1971, together with its rectory and church hall. The Trustees of the Commandery of Lochore of the Order of St Lazarus returned the church building to the Vestry Trustees in September 2019, having
148:
on a much smaller scale. Within is a fine display of modern
European heraldry. There's an excellent guide book to describe the 150 or so achievements, shields, stained glass and flags. Between 1971 and 1996, it was the home of the Military and Hospitaller
161:
offices on
Henderson Row contain as a centrepiece the frontage of the old Edinburgh Tramway offices. The winding gear for this cable-operated tram is preserved on the east side of the office at the entrance to Silvermills at Henderson Place.
77:(1811–1869), both born in Silvermills had a house south of the 'Great Mill Lade' (or Lead or Dam), just behind where St. Stephen's Church now stands; the land for the church was purchased by the City of Edinburgh from Mr. Lauder in 1822.
154:
meanwhile sold the rectory and church hall. It continues as an incumbency within the
Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Edinburgh. Services are held every Sunday morning and evening, and Thursday morning.
92:
80:
Silvermills was incorporated into Edinburgh in 1809 by a Local Act of Parliament Extending the Royalty (49 Geo III Cap. xxi) passed 28 April.
114:
220:
117:
in St Stephen's Place at the north end of St Vincent Street, built in 1827 for £18,975, on a design of vast scale, a mixture of
258:
26:
The village is most likely to have taken its name from mills erected to smelt and refine silver ore which had been found at
58:
Lane to the south of Silvermills House (c. 1760) built for Mr. Nicol Somerville. Mill lades serving the mills led from the
233:
297:
137:
was a devout and regular attender here. The building is now known at the St Stephen's Centre and is privately owned.
122:
246:
141:
69:
John Lauder of Silvermills (died 28 July 1838), owner of the tannery, and father to the famous brother artists
27:
150:
134:
126:
101:
Bridge. The eastern section contains a two-storey workshop built in brick but with a traditional flavour.
63:
74:
35:
145:
70:
39:
158:
216:
130:
184:
59:
291:
232:
Plan of Silvermills, Property of Nicol Somerville, document RHP140448, 1817, in the
31:
51:
273:
260:
20:
54:
proved an impediment to the further northern extension of the New Town.
209:, by John Geddie, London, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, 1929, pp. 241–2.
144:
Chapel on the corner of St Vincent Street was built in 1857 in English
118:
215:, By John Gifford, Colin McWilliam, and David Walker, London, 1984,
34:
in 1607 or, alternatively, from some of the alchemical projects of
66:, through the area and on to Canonmills Loch at Canonmills.
113:
The most prominent building in the immediate vicinity is
84:
in the style of the surrounding Georgian architecture.
8:
19:, once an ancient village, has been part of
225:Report of the Town-Council Proceedings in
159:The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society
91:
175:
50:The low-lying land of Silvermills and
213:The Buildings of Scotland - Edinburgh
7:
14:
249:Chronological map of Edinburgh
1:
234:National Archives of Scotland
229:newspaper dated 22 Jul 1826.
314:
96:Sculpture by Eoghan Bridge
189:. Vol. 5. p. 94
62:at a point just north of
151:Order of Saint Lazarus
140:St Vincent's Scottish
135:Robert Louis Stevenson
127:William Henry Playfair
97:
186:Old and New Edinburgh
95:
274:55.95861°N 3.20361°W
115:St. Stephen's Church
75:James Eckford Lauder
298:New Town, Edinburgh
270: /
157:To the north west,
71:Robert Scott Lauder
279:55.95861; -3.20361
207:Romantic Edinburgh
109:Immediate vicinity
98:
88:Silvermills today
305:
285:
284:
282:
281:
280:
275:
271:
268:
267:
266:
263:
199:
198:
196:
194:
180:
131:Thomas Stevenson
125:architecture by
73:(1803–1869) and
313:
312:
308:
307:
306:
304:
303:
302:
288:
287:
278:
276:
272:
269:
264:
261:
259:
257:
256:
243:
203:
202:
192:
190:
182:
181:
177:
172:
111:
90:
48:
32:Linlithgowshire
12:
11:
5:
311:
309:
301:
300:
290:
289:
254:
253:
247:Bartholomew's
242:
241:External links
239:
238:
237:
230:
223:
210:
201:
200:
183:Grant, James.
174:
173:
171:
168:
110:
107:
89:
86:
60:Water of Leith
47:
44:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
310:
299:
296:
295:
293:
286:
283:
252:
250:
245:
244:
240:
235:
231:
228:
224:
222:
221:0-14-071068-X
218:
214:
211:
208:
205:
204:
188:
187:
179:
176:
169:
167:
163:
160:
155:
152:
147:
143:
138:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
108:
106:
102:
94:
87:
85:
81:
78:
76:
72:
67:
65:
61:
55:
53:
45:
43:
41:
37:
33:
29:
24:
22:
18:
255:
248:
227:The Scotsman
226:
212:
206:
191:. Retrieved
185:
178:
164:
156:
139:
133:, father of
112:
103:
99:
82:
79:
68:
56:
49:
25:
23:since 1809.
16:
15:
277: /
64:Stockbridge
28:Hilderstone
17:Silvermills
262:55°57′31″N
170:References
52:Canonmills
265:3°12′13″W
142:Episcopal
21:Edinburgh
292:Category
36:James IV
193:5 March
123:Grecian
119:Baroque
46:History
40:James V
251:(1919)
219:
146:Gothic
217:ISBN
195:2012
121:and
38:or
30:in
294::
129:.
42:.
236:.
197:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
