John Halkerston
John Halkerston was a Scottish architect, prominent in the 15th century. He was Master of Works at Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh, in the 1460s. Around the same time, he worked on St John's Kirk, in Perth, the northwest porch of which is now named "Halkerston Tower" in his honour.
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John Halkerston was a Scottish architect, prominent in the 15th century. He was Master of Works at Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh, in the 1460s. Around the same time, he worked on St John's Kirk, in Perth, the northwest porch of which is now named "Halkerston Tower" in his honour.
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The door of the tower is known as the "Bride's Entrance" due to its use during weddings today. Halkerston's Wynd, a former wynd or alleyway in Edinburgh, is named for him.
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• Name — John Halkerston • Significant Design — St John's Kirk, Perth, Scotland
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- 1.Rachel M. Delman, 'Mary of Guelders and the Architecture of Queenship in Fifteenth-Century Scotland', Scottish Historical Review, 102:2 (2023), pp. 211–231.
- 2.LB25747. Chalmer's Close, Trinity College Church Apse, Including Carved Stone Fragments and Boundary Walls.
- 3.Perth: The Archaeology and Development of a Scottish Burgh – David P. Bowler, Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee, Perth, 2004, p. 21
- 4.LB39300. St John's Kirk, Kirkside, St John's Place, St John Street.
- 5.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland, Francis Hindes Groome (1901)
- 6."A walk around the exterior of the Kirk" – St John's Kirk official website
- 7."A walk around the Stunning Interior of the Kirk" – St John's Kirk official website
- 8.The History of the Collegiate Church and Hospital of the Holy Trinity and the Trinity Hospital, Edinburgh, 1460–1661 (1911), p. 20
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