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Excerpt from The Tourists'' Handy Guide to Scotland
ST john''s episcopalian church stands near the west end of the Gardens, in the corner between Princes Street and Lothian Road; was erected in 1818, after designs by W. Burn, at a cost of is an edifice of nave and aisles, 113 feet long and 62 feet wide, with western pinnacled tower; has details of style and ornature after the model of St. George''s Chapel at Windsor; and acquired a Splendid reredos, after designs by Peddie and Kinnear, in 1871. St Cuthbert''s Established Church stands a little south of St. John''s; is surrounded by an ancient cemetry, con taining some handsome modern monu ments; succeeded a fine, large, ancient, cruciform church, which again'' succeeded a ''culdee cell; was built in 1775, at a cost of irrespective of the steeple, erected afterwards to lessen the extreme plainness of its appearance; and is the mother church, associated with ten other churches, for a parish containing upwards of inhabitants.
The caledonian railway station stands in the corner between Lothian Road and Rutland Street, obliquely facing the west end of Princes Street; succeeded a temporary station about one and a half furlongs to the south; is itself a temporary structure, erected in 1869, at a cost of more than is intended to give place to a magnificent permanent strue ture, with an adjoining great hotel; and occupies part of an extensive site, which was purchased and cleared at enormous cost.
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ST john''s episcopalian church stands near the west end of the Gardens, in the corner between Princes Street and Lothian Road; was erected in 1818, after designs by W. Burn, at a cost of is an edifice of nave and aisles, 113 feet long and 62 feet wide, with western pinnacled tower; has details of style and ornature after the model of St. George''s Chapel at Windsor; and acquired a Splendid reredos, after designs by Peddie and Kinnear, in 1871. St Cuthbert''s Established Church stands a little south of St. John''s; is surrounded by an ancient cemetry, con taining some handsome modern monu ments; succeeded a fine, large, ancient, cruciform church, which again'' succeeded a ''culdee cell; was built in 1775, at a cost of irrespective of the steeple, erected afterwards to lessen the extreme plainness of its appearance; and is the mother church, associated with ten other churches, for a parish containing upwards of inhabitants.
The caledonian railway station stands in the corner between Lothian Road and Rutland Street, obliquely facing the west end of Princes Street; succeeded a temporary station about one and a half furlongs to the south; is itself a temporary structure, erected in 1869, at a cost of more than is intended to give place to a magnificent permanent strue ture, with an adjoining great hotel; and occupies part of an extensive site, which was purchased and cleared at enormous cost.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
Hardback
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William Paterson
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ISBN - 9780260730596
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
Page Count - 236
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William Paterson
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ISBN - 9781332205516
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Page Count - 238
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