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were to be drawn from the advisory board and that the church's membership was to be restricted to "persons as may rightly be regarded as the direct fruit of the Home Mission Work of the Settlement, unless in exceptional cases to be judged by the Kirk Session". Though the settlement lacked funds to expand, some "friends" founded the Pleasance Trust in 1913. The trust purchased part of the brewery buildings adjoining the settlement. The settlement shared the use of these with other charitable and social causes.
32: 469: 416:. The New College Missionary Society had undertaken home mission work in deprived areas of Edinburgh since 1845, settling in the former buildings of Pleasance Free Church in 1876. In 1893, a tenement for resident student workers was added to the mission premises, establishing the mission as part of the growing settlement movement. Having previously relied on student wardens, a permanent, ordained warden, 600: 662: 640:
their constitutional agreement to allow students resident in the settlement to undertake missionary work outside the parish. In 1950, Pleasance's minister, Bernhard Citron, resigned as warden of the settlement and a new memorandum revised the role of minister to that of honorary chaplain of the settlement. The population of the
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fell vacant. On 2 May 1919, Arthur Street and Pleasance Mission Church united, adopting the name Pleasance United Free Church later that year. Though the Arthur Street buildings were maintained as the congregation's main place of worship, the congregation continued to use the Pleasance Mission Church
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In co-operation with the Pleasance Trust, the work of the settlement expanded into the surrounding buildings, which began to resemble a community centre. Demand, however, exceeded capacity. Soon after it became apparent that a 700-capacity hall would be required, the collapse of an adjoining brewery
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chimney in December 1924 damaged the buildings. The subsequent redevelopment allowed the creation of facilities including a gymnasium, play room, and terraced playground. The trust also founded a mothers' welfare clinic, which, by 1931, had become the largest in Edinburgh. In 1929, the union of the
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for a church on Richmond Place. A new home mission, based in the buildings, began the following year. At first, a student missionary and a band of supporters led the mission's work. By the 1890s, it was clear the mission would be more effective if its most active members resided in the district. In
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was especially active in supporting the settlement in its early days. Free St Andrew's ended its links with the settlement in 1900, citing the frequent changes in student missionaries and the resulting inconsistency in the settlement's work. To address this concern, T. Struthers Symington, who had
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In this period, the Pleasance Trust began to move its focus away from supporting the settlement's work. Relations between the two bodies deteriorated and, in 1936, the two defined their clear and separate roles; though mutual support continued. In 1945, Pleasance Church and the settlement altered
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had been formulated in 1906 but proved unworkable and was dissolved in 1909. In 1913, before Miller's tenure came up for renewal, the congregation was constituted a mission church with the name Pleasance Mission Church. The constitution of the mission church stipulated that members of the session
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in 1884. Settlements were facilities in poorer areas where middle-class students lived while working with the local community. The foundation of the New College Settlement can be seen as the result of changing attitudes within the Free Church and wider British Protestantism over the role of the
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As warden, Miller and his successors were assisted by annually appointed student sub-wardens. In the academic year of Miller's appointment, 45 out of 56 ministerial students at New College were in close contact with the work of the settlement. Students who served as sub-warden included
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area was declining and when, in 1952, Citron vacated the ministry of Pleasance, the New College Missionary Society took the opportunity to terminate the settlement in favour of work in new peripheral housing schemes. Since 1977, the
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just completed a year as student warden, was, in 1904, appointed for a three-year term as the settlement's first more permanent warden. That year, an advisory council for the settlement formed, consisting of members of the
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became the first minister to hold the wardenship of the settlement, also becoming minister of Pleasance Mission Church in 1913. From the union of Pleasance Mission Church and Arthur Street United Free Church to form
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Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation: Volume IX: Ministers of the Church from the Union of the Churches, 2 October 1929, to 31 December
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students served as the settlement's wardens then, from 1908, as its sub-wardens. That year, 45 out of 56 of the college's ministerial students were closely associated with the settlement's work.
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in 1861. In both cases, co-operating with an existing church community proved difficult; the society therefore sought to operate a home mission with a degree of independence.
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Missionary Society had begun missionary work among Edinburgh's poor in 1845. All New College's students were men training to serve as ministers or missionaries for the
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complex, including the former settlement buildings. The buildings are part of the university sports union and the former church is also used as an examination hall.
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1893, a residence and additional rooms were added to the mission while the first student warden was selected on an annual basis from among the resident students.
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The buildings were renovated by CLWG Architects in 2015, this included the exposure of the church's original roof structure. The church has been a
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From the foundation of the settlement in 1893 to the appointment of T. Struthers Symington in 1904, the wardenship was held on an annual basis by
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At first, there were usually around five students resident in the settlement. Though unattached to any congregation, Free St Andrew's in the
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Presbytery of Edinburgh and the New College senatus along with lay members chosen by the senatus and by the New College Missionary Society.
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staircase and a decorative cornice. There is also wood panneling, which was likely added by J. Inch Morrison in the early 20th century.
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Historic Environment Scotland: University of Edinburgh, Examination Hall, (Former Free Church), 48A The Pleasance, Edinburgh: LB50199
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As clergy and ministry students were exempted from war service, the New College Settlement enjoyed greater continuity throughout the
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windows which open into a lower hall. Flanking these to the right is a large doble door under a shallow pointed arch with large
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by the minister of Pleasance. This was formalised in 1935 and continued until Bernhard Citron resigned the wardenship in 1950.
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The settlement's buildings consisted of the former Pleasance Free Church and, next door, a tenement of 1891–1893 designed by
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became the united congregation's first minister, holding this position in tandem with the wardenship of the settlement.
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interrupting the right gable. On the ground floor of each is a large, elliptically arched window under heavy
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church and the middle and upper classes in responding to deprivation. In the early days of the Free Church,
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In 1875, the society purchased the buildings of Pleasance Free Church, the congregation having vacated the
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Dictionary of Scottish Architects: DSA Building/Design Report: Students' Settlement (New College Mission)
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than did other settlements in Scotland; though work among men declined. In April 1918, the ministry of
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The establishment of a longer-term wardenship proved successful and, in 1908, a full-time minister,
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at the time of the neighbouring tenement's construction in 1891–1893. This presents a two-storey
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University of Edinburgh, Examination Hall, (Former Free Church), 48A The Pleasance, Edinburgh
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The former Pleasance Free Church, occupied by the New College Missionary Society from 1876
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by creating buildings and spaces where students and residents would interact. Along with
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the Pleasance area was experiencing depopulation and the settlement closed in 1952.
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The elliptical arches of the tenement's ground floor windows are typical of
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of three storeys with a small door to the street on the ground floor and an
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Building Knowledge: An Architectural History of the University of Edinburgh
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A History of Scottish Architecture: From the Renaissance to the Present Day
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Dictionary of Scottish Architects: DSA Building/Design Report: Free Church
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Canmore: Edinburgh, 48a Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Sports Union
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Canmore: Edinburgh, 48 Pleasance, University Of Edinburgh, Sports Union
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University of Edinburgh School of Divinity: Settlement at the Pleasance
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began in the United Kingdom with the establishment of East London's
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The former Pleasance Free Church opened in 1858 and was altered by
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Glendinning, Miles; MacInnes, Ranald; MacKechnie, Aonghus (1996).
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University of Edinburgh, Sports Union, 48 The Pleasance, Edinburgh
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moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
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The Fasti of the United Free Church of Scotland: 1900–1929
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brought the settlement's work within the national church.
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The tenement was constructed in 1891–1893 to a design by
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New College was the ministerial training college for the
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Kirk o' Field and the Churches of Edinburgh's South Side
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Buildings and structures of the University of Edinburgh
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Gifford, John; McWilliam, Colin; Walker, David (1984).
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Lyall, David. "Christian Ethic and Practical Theology"
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Disruption to Diversity: Edinburgh Divinity: 1846–1996
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buildings and the work of the settlement continued.
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Threads in a Tapestry: The Greyfriars Congregations
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On the ground floor are two tall, 696:(with Roderick Murchison as colleague: 1927–1935) 607:held the wardenship of the New College Settlement 586:A working arrangement between the settlement and 1634: 1355:Glendinning, MacInnes, MacKechnie 1996, p. 348. 1346:Glendinning, MacInnes, MacKechnie 1996, p. 349. 763:The tenement, completed in 1893 to a design of 1312: 1310: 1154: 1152: 1557: 913: 911: 909: 1495: 1258: 1256: 1254: 1187: 1185: 1307: 1149: 1131: 1122: 1055: 1053: 1051: 1039: 1012: 1584:New College Edinburgh: A Centenary History 1067: 1065: 946: 944: 906: 863:, which Geddes and Mitchell designed with 516:combined missionary work with a belief in 30: 1420:Scottish Settlement Houses from 1886–1934 1371:"University Settlements in Great Britain" 1251: 1193:"DSA Building/Design Report: Free Church" 1182: 1027:Lyall in Wright and Badcock 1996, p. 139. 996: 994: 992: 925: 923: 668:: the settlement's first permanent warden 1304:Gifford, McWilliam, Walker 1984, p. 243. 1291: 1289: 1113: 1083: 1074: 1048: 1021: 1003: 758: 744:style illuminates the former sanctuary. 660: 598: 546: 467: 409:in 1893, its work continued until 1952. 265:Last warden: Bernhard Citron (1946–1950) 1648:19th-century establishments in Scotland 1496:Haynes, Nick; Fenton, Clive B. (2017). 1097: 1095: 1062: 941: 594: 1635: 1438: 1368: 1349: 1340: 1298: 989: 980: 971: 953: 920: 1643:Buildings and structures in Edinburgh 1416: 1286: 1242: 1233: 1140: 579:: both of whom would go on to become 447:. The buildings now form part of the 439:. The tenement is an example of both 1581: 1092: 142:Pleasance Mission Church (1913–1919) 820:. Between these gables is a narrow 603:From 1919 to 1950, the minister of 405:, Scotland. Founded by students of 13: 1543:. J Thomson Colour Printers. 2012. 530: 14: 1674: 1591: 1500:. Historic Environment Scotland. 1441:The Kirks of Edinburgh: 1560–1984 1460:Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh 698:1936–1945 William Strang Tindall 617:Arthur Street United Free Church 588:Arthur Street United Free Church 1653:1893 establishments in Scotland 1362: 1295:Haynes and Fenton 2017, p. 166. 1224: 1215: 1146:Haynes and Fenton 2017, p. 167. 1104: 1030: 884:Edinburgh University Settlement 796:. The first-floor window is an 1481:. 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Scottish Record Society. 877: 754: 10: 1679: 1658:Churches completed in 1858 1036:Pinkerton 2012, pp. 67-68. 872:Category B listed building 749:Category C listed building 700:1946–1950 Bernhard Citron 656: 458: 1387:10.1017/S0017816000007136 1197:scottisharchitects.org.uk 1164:scottisharchitects.org.uk 968:Ashley 1911, pp. 175-177. 788:, symmetrical save for a 708: 379: 375: 371: 361: 353: 345: 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 309: 301: 293: 283: 279: 272: 249: 244: 232: 222: 217: 209: 192: 180: 167: 159: 154: 146: 138: 133: 110: 98: 90: 76: 42: 38: 29: 24: 1530:. Oliver and Boyd. 1961. 1521:. Oliver and Boyd. 1956. 1322:historicenvironment.scot 1268:historicenvironment.scot 870:The building has been a 751:since 12 December 1974. 573:Archibald Campbell Craig 422:Pleasance Mission Church 61:55.9480528°N 3.1818750°W 1439:Dunlop, A. 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55°56′52.99″N 3°10′54.75″W / 55.9480528°N 3.1818750°W / 55.9480528; -3.1818750
Pleasance
Edinburgh
Denomination
Church of Scotland
United Free Church of Scotland
Free Church of Scotland
Architect(s)
Henry F. Kerr
Style
Arts and Crafts
Synod
Presbytery
Edinburgh
Minister(s)
John Harry Miller
Listed Building
LB50194
Listed Building
LB50199
student settlement
the Pleasance
Southside
Edinburgh
New College
Free Church of Scotland
John Harry Miller
Pleasance United Free Church
Second World War

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