Queen's Hall, Edinburgh: Building - News Concert Hall, Newington: Proposed refurbishment by Richard Murphy

Queen's Hall, Edinburgh

The Queen's Hall, Clerk Street, Newington, Edinburgh Date built: 1823 Redevelopment by Richard Murphy Architects The Queen's Hall is the principal venue in the south of Edinburgh for concerts, home to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Built as the Hope Park Chapel of Ease, the classical building has a two-storey villa frontage, with a tall steeple. Latterly the Newington and St. Leonard's Church, the building was converted into the Queen's Hall in 1979, and opened by HM Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen's Hall 850-seat auditorium reflects its ecclesiastical origins, although the pulpit has been replaced by an early 19th Century chamber organ. Painted 18th Century panels displaying the Commandments and the Lord's Prayer, which were brought from the former Buccleuch Parish Church in 1950, can be seen on the stairs. Queen's Hall Concerts The Queen's Hall stages jazz, folk, baroque, classical and contemporary music, theatre, comedy and opera. The Queen's Hall is an important venue for the Edinburgh Festival. Queen's Hall: at risk? Multi-million pound upgrade for the Queen's Hall abandoned in early 2004. Buildings nearby the Queens Hall include Edinburgh Festival Theatre and the Edinburgh Surgeons Hall Queen's Hall News: David Black attacked plans to revamp the Queen's Hall in 2004; Richard Murphy Architects asked to look at future of Queen's Hall (conversion of Grade B listed 1831 Church in Southside) a concert hall and base for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra for the last 30 years. Architecture Books Scottish Architecture Queens Gallery, Edinburgh Edinburgh : back to index Queen's Hall Edinburgh - Proposed Refurbishment Architects Queen's Hall Edinburgh - Website: www.queenshalledinburgh.co.uk