Mortuary Chapel
The Mortuary Chapel of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh is a late nineteenth-century chapel, designed by the Scottish architect George Washington Browne, with mural decorations by the Arts and Crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair.Photo: Dianeholdsworth, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Chapel
- Description: Mortuary Chapel of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh
- Also known as: “Mortuary Chapel, Royal Hospital for Sick Children”, “Mortuary Chapel, Royal Hospital For Sick Children”, “Mortuary Chapel, Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh”, “MORTUARY CHAPEL, ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, SCIENNES ROAD, EDINBURGH”, “Royal Hospital for Sick Children”, and “Sick Kids Mortuary Chapel”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edinburgh Castle and National Museum of Scotland.
Edinburgh Castle
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. Edinburgh Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Mortuary Chapel.
National Museum of Scotland
Museum
Photo: Maccoinnich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a museum of Scottish history and culture. It was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with international collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures. National Museum of Scotland is situated 3,100 feet north of Mortuary Chapel.
Edinburgh University Library
Library
Photo: Remi Mathis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edinburgh University Library is the main library of the University of Edinburgh and one of the most important libraries of Scotland. The University Library was moved in 1827 to William Playfair's Upper Library in the Old College building. Edinburgh University Library is situated 1,500 feet north of Mortuary Chapel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sciennes and Southside, Edinburgh.
Sciennes
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sciennes is a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, situated approximately two kilometres south of the city centre. It is a mainly residential district, although it is also well known as the site of the former Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
Southside, Edinburgh
Suburb
The Southside is an area of Scotland's capital city, Edinburgh, located between its historic Old Town, Holyrood Park and the neighbourhood of Newington.
The Grange
Suburb
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grange is an affluent suburb of Edinburgh, just south of the city centre, with Morningside and Greenhill to the west, Newington to the east, The Meadows park and Marchmont to the north, and Blackford Hill to the south.
Mortuary Chapel
- Categories: building and religion
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.93863° or 55° 56′ 19″ northLongitude
-3.18855° or 3° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C7RWRQ6+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 303981351OpenStreetMap feature
building=chapelWikidata ID
Q50295064
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