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M045 Chapel at Loretto School, Musselburgh

Address: Linkfield Road, Musselburgh EH21 7RE
Date: 1891–2
Client: Loretto School
Authorship:

(Office)

John Honeyman & Keppie designed an early Gothic-style chapel in pink stone, with oak interior fittings.

Authorship: John Honeyman was invited to design a new chapel to replace the existing iron building. His deceased sons William and George had attended the school. 1

Cost from office job book: £2612 12s 3d

Status: Standing building

Current use: School chapel (2014)

RCAHMS Site Number: NT37SW 106.04

Grid Reference: NT 3480 7280

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.944581, lng = -3.045383 (Map)

Notes:

1: David Stark, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing, 2004, p. 129.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.