Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p>William Purves provide funeral arrangements for all world religions and for people who either come to Scotland or who die away from home. Faiths, traditions, rites and beliefs are very important and we have vast experience in the celebration of lives from a range of cultures. Repatriation to and from Scotland requires a depth of understanding, not only of these customs but also the legislation and administration linking two different countries.</p> OpeningTime1 13.30- 16:00 OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 OpeningDate2 29/9/2019 OpeningTime2 13.30- 16:01 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 14636 Refreshments No Street The street address 106 Whitehouse Loan Postcode EH9 1BD Parking Yes DisabledWC Yes LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Oakvale Funeral Home Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1744 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.93597,-3.2021; Description An account of the resource <p>Oakvale is a typical large Edinburgh Victorian villa built sometime in the 1870's. Originally intended to be a cathedral, the building has been used as a private residence, a convent and now a funeral home. It is the head office of William Purves, Scotland's largest group of independent funeral directors.� Oakvale has magnificent reception rooms with ornate plasterwork, woodwork and fireplaces, as well as an original grand staircase and stained glass windows.</p>