| Duddingston Kirk:
Photos, Location, Scottish Building, Wedding, History, Image Church, Duddingston Village, southeast Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Duddingston Kirk Edinburgh |
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Location: The Village is located just south of Arthurs Seat Contact: 0131 661 4240 Famous venue for weddings ![]() building photo © Adrian Welch Description Duddingston Church dates from 1124 and contains a Romanesque doorway and chancel arch. The kirk is popular with weddings; it is located near the Loch upon which skated the Reverend Dr Robert Walker - by Sir Henry Raeburn c. 1795 - later inspiring Enric Miralles re the Scottish Parliament MSP 'thinking 'windows'. A famous former minister was the Rev. John Thomson. The writer Sir Walter Scott was an elder of the Kirk under Thomson and the painter Turner visited the Manse. ![]() photo © Adrian Welch Address: Old Church Lane, Duddingston, Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott wrote part of 'Heart of Midlothian' in Duddingston Manse garden Churches to Visit in Scotland: 10 Years Commemoration Volume Scotland's Churches Scheme, John R. Hume (Illustrator) £8.99 Paperback 429 pp (2004) Publisher: NMS Enterprises Limited Publishing ISBN: 1901663868 Churches to Visit in Scotland Edinburgh Castle Scottish Country Houses in Edinburgh & Lothian Scottish Architecture Rosslyn Chapel Scottish Churches in Edinburgh & Lothian Comments / photos for the Duddingston Kirk Architecture page welcome: info@glasgowarchitecture.co.uk Duddingston Kirk Building - page: adrian welch / isabelle lomholt Website: http://duddingston-kirk.org.uk |