John Halkerston

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John Halkerston
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Halkerston Tower and the "Bride's Entrance" at St John's Kirk, Perth, looking southwest
NationalityScottish
OccupationArchitect
Design St John's Kirk, Perth, Scotland

John Halkerston was a Scottish architect, prominent in the 15th century. [1] He was Master of Works at Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh, in the 1460s. [2] [3] Around the same time, he worked on St John's Kirk, in Perth, the northwest porch of which is now named "Halkerston Tower" [4] in his honour. [5] The door of the tower is known as the "Bride's Entrance" due to its use during weddings today. [6] [7]

Halkerston's Wynd, a former wynd or alleyway in Edinburgh, is named for him. [8]

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References

  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. doi : 10.3366/shr.2023.0611
  2. Historic Environment Scotland. "Chalmer's Close, Trinity College Church Apse, Including Carved Stone Fragments and Boundary Walls (Category A Listed Building) (LB25747)" . Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. Perth: The Archaeology and Development of a Scottish Burgh – David P. Bowler, Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee, Perth, 2004, p. 21
  4. Historic Environment Scotland. "St John's Kirk, Kirkside, St John's Place, St John Street (Category A Listed Building) (LB39300)" . Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  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