Colinton Parish Church

Colinton Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Dell Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland. HistoryA church has stood on the site for approximately 1000 years, but the current building was constructed and opened in 1908. A new, adjacent church hall was added in the 1990s. The current church was rebuilt in 1907-8 by the architect Sydney Mitchell. The church incorporates the tower from the old church, which had been designed by David Bryce and built in 1837. The interior has a neo-Byzantine design, with pink sandstone columns. Several former ministers have served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, most recently the Very Reverend Dr William Johnston (in 1980). The minister is currently the Rev. Rolf Billes. The previous minister was the Reverend Dr George Whyte, who demitted the charge (resigned) in September 2008 to become Clerk to the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Edinburgh. In 2001 the congregation had a roll of 1175 members, making it one of the largest church congregations by membership in the Church of Scotland. Notable burialsDr George William BalfourRev Lewis Balfour, Robert Louis Stevenson's grandfatherEdward Burton (engraver)Alexander Lorne Campbell architectRev Cpt Marcell William Townend Conran, authorJames Gillespie (philanthropist)Very Rev William Bryce Johnston, Moderator of the Church of Scotland 1980-1Sir Matthew M Ochterlony, 4th baronet and his daughter, Gertrude Row-Fogo (d. 1917 serving as a nurse)Prof James Scott Robson (1921-2010)Ramsay Heatley TraquairPhoebe Traquair (artist)

Colinton Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The church building is located in Dell Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland. HistoryA church has stood on the site for approximately 1000 years, but the current building was constructed and opened in 1908. A new, adjacent church hall was added in the 1990s. The current church was rebuilt in 1907-8 by the architect Sydney Mitchell. The church incorporates the tower from the old church, which had been designed by David Bryce and built in 1837. The interior has a neo-Byzantine design, with pink sandstone columns. Several former ministers have served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, most recently the Very Reverend Dr William Johnston (in 1980). The minister is currently the Rev. Rolf Billes. The previous minister was the Reverend Dr George Whyte, who demitted the charge (resigned) in September 2008 to become Clerk to the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Edinburgh. In 2001 the congregation had a roll of 1175 members, making it one of the largest church congregations by membership in the Church of Scotland. Notable burialsDr George William BalfourRev Lewis Balfour, Robert Louis Stevenson's grandfatherEdward Burton (engraver)Alexander Lorne Campbell architectRev Cpt Marcell William Townend Conran, authorJames Gillespie (philanthropist)Very Rev William Bryce Johnston, Moderator of the Church of Scotland 1980-1Sir Matthew M Ochterlony, 4th baronet and his daughter, Gertrude Row-Fogo (d. 1917 serving as a nurse)Prof James Scott Robson (1921-2010)Ramsay Heatley TraquairPhoebe Traquair (artist)