Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
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Photograph - Photography
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King James VII (and II of England) arranged for the parish church of Canongate adjacent to the Palace of Holyroodhouse to become the Chapel of the Order of the Thistle, and ordered that money left at the disposal of the Crown by a merchant, Thomas Moodie, should be used to build a new building. The new building, which was started in 1688, was quite unlike anything else built in Scotland at that time. The Royal Arms on the front were to have been those of King James but, by the time the building was completed in 1690, the escutcheon of Nassau was placed in the centre to make them the arms of William of Orange. Below are the arms and initials of Thomas Moodie. The stag’s antlers and cross were first placed on the apex of the roof in 1824 and were replaced by those from a stag shot by King George VI in 1949.
The stately Canongate Kirk is still the Queen’s official place of worship in Edinburgh. It hosted a royal wedding, when the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips married rugby player Mike Tindall in 2011.
Architecturally, the Kirk has a Dutch-style end gable and a curious, small doric-columned portico over the entrance.
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July 14th, 2019
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