North Bank Street : 無料・フリー素材/写真
North Bank Street / itmpa
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | I've always wondered at the exuberant Jacobean detailing of this building, and thought it a bit out kilter with the Free Church of Scotland, who now own it, and the near-contemporary New College building adjacent, by Playfair. The listed building report explains it: after a major fire destroyed the buildings on this site in 1857, David Cousin came up with a scheme that incorporated both the remaining parts of these buildings, and gave a new principal elevation to North Bank Street. However, the lower part of the north block of the building - i.e. the principal elevation - was the offices of the National Security Savings Bank. The Free Church of Scotland had a side door on the left-most bay, that accessed their accommodation above and at the rear of the site. They later took over the whole building, and, after (most of) the Free Church merged with the United Presbyterians to form the United Free Church, they purchased number 15 North Bank Street, and moved the 1860 doorpiece two bays east. You can still see the shadow of the former location of the door on streetview.But, you ask, didn't (again, most of) the United Free Church re-join the established church in 1929? How come these buildings aren't part of the Church of Scotland? Well, after the merger of 1900, a dissenting group continued the Free Church, and were not part of the merger. After legal and parliamentary processes, it was decided in 1904 that the continuing Free Church was entitled to the property of the pre-1900 Free Church, including New College and the buildings here. Agreement seemed to have been reached by 1907 - the Free Church College moved to North Bank Street, and the United Free Church then, it would seem, got New College. The Free Church kept North Bank Street as their offices, and the United Free Church built new offices at 121 George Street.So, post-1929, New College and 121 George Street became part of the Church of Scotland. Don't ask me about the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing) of post-2000. But it's still the Free Church of Scotland that own these buildings.If you are as confused as I am, have a gander at this diagram that explains it (sort of).(This is why anything to do with ecclesiastical architectural history in Scotland is both utterly perplexing and simultaneously fascinating. It's also one reason why we have so many redundant church buildings.) |
| 撮影日 | 2014-06-11 17:07:21 |
| 撮影者 | itmpa , Scottish Borders, Scotland |
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| 撮影地 | Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom 地図 |
| カメラ | Canon EOS 6D , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.004 sec (1/250) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 60 mm |
