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Episcopal Chapel, Rosebery House Policies

A Category B Listed Building in Temple, Midlothian

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8055 / 55°48'19"N

Longitude: -3.1089 / 3°6'32"W

OS Eastings: 330588

OS Northings: 657466

OS Grid: NT305574

Mapcode National: GBR 61Q9.QR

Mapcode Global: WH6TF.6BTS

Plus Code: 9C7RRV4R+5C

Entry Name: Episcopal Chapel, Rosebery House Policies

Listing Name: Rosebery House Policies, Episcopal Chapel

Listing Date: 14 September 1979

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 348041

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB14627

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Rosebery House Policies, Episcopal Chapel

ID on this website: 200348041

Location: Temple

County: Midlothian

Electoral Ward: Midlothian South

Parish: Temple

Traditional County: Midlothian

Tagged with: Chapel

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Description

1913. Early gothic chapel. Coursed, pink sandstone ashlar. Base course; pointed arched, chamfered window and door openings; hoodmoulds with carved floreate drip stones; eaves cornice. Angle buttresses; gableted skewputts

SW (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: symmetrical; pointed arched doorway with triple nook shafts; studded, boarded timber door with elaborate strap hinges and door handles dated "1913"; ironwork bracket for bell to left of door, bell missing; traceried window above; louvred pointed arched opening set in gablehead; sandstone cross to apex.

SE ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3 buttressed bays; traceried windows to centre and left bays; boarded timber door to basement flanked to left by window, reached by stone steps at left bay; window to bay to right.

NE ELEVATION: symmetrical; large traceried window to centre; louvred circular opening set in gablehead; square plan bellcote (bell missing) to apex.

NW ELEVATION: asymmetrical; 3 buttressed bays; traceried windows to centre and right bays; window to bay to left.

Diamond pane leaded windows. Graded grey slate roof with coped stone skews. Shouldered, corniced wallhead stack to right of SW gable. Cast iron rainwater goods.

INTERIOR: coursed polished ashlar; nookshafts flank NE window with hood mould and carved label stops; elaborately carved timber cornice; ribbed timber barrel vaulted ceiling.

Statement of Interest

B Group with House, Gatepiers, Home Farm and Lodge (see separate listings). According to Thomas, Rosebery Chapel was intended for use by visiting clergy, however the Bishop disapproved and refused permission for it to be consecrated. The sketch of the chapel site by Sydney Mitchell and Wilson suggests that it may have been designed by them.

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