Museum Represents a museum WC Yes EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Edinburgh HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear Yes DisabledAccess Yes Activities <p><span> </span><a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="http://www.pbc.scot/" target="_blank" class="" data-auth="NotApplicable">www.pbc.scot</a></p> OpeningTime1 10:00 - 16:00 ArchitectName David Bryce OpeningDate1 28/9/2019 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 12512 Refreshments No Street The street address 189-193 Portobello High Street AddressLine2 Portobello Postcode EH15 1EU Parking No 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 Portobello Baptist Church Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived edinburgh Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1766 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,55.95248,-3.11366; Description An account of the resource <p>Portobello Baptist Church is celebrating its centenary of using the building which was the first Portobello Town Hall (opened 1868) and was built on the site of Puerto Bello House which was the first dwelling in the area. The building was designed by David Bryce (who also designed Fettes College and the original Edinburgh Infirmary). The building was also used as a dance hall, a cinema and hosted soirees before becoming a church. The church hall was originally from the Devil’s Porridge site in Gretna where munitions were assembled during WW1. After the war, the huts were disassembled and sold.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863