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HISTORY
The Beginning Part ll...
One writer describes St Andrew’s as follows:
The clean, plain lines of St. Andrews Scots Memorial Church and Hospice standing on the edge of the Valley of Hinnom evoke images of a Highland castle and keep.
This is appropriate since the church was built as a memorial to Scottish soldiers who fell fighting in this region during World War I.’
The church was built in 1927 to the design of Clifford Holliday. The large, Crusader-style windows in the sanctuary use small, round panels of blue Hebron glass.
The building is a mixture of oriental and western elements. Some of the distinguishing features of the building reflect that of another building, Government House, designed by the architects A Harrison and C Holliday, including the beautiful Armenian tiles (see picture above)outside the entrance to the Guest House, the Church and the Veranda.
These were created by David Ohanessian (1884 – 1953) in his Dome of the Rock Workshop on the Via Delarosa.
During more recent years excavations have revealed archaeological finds both in the Loggia ([n] a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level) of St Andrew’s and more recently on the land immediately in front of the grounds of St Andrew’s, where further discoveries were made, some of which can be seen from the driveway and parking area for the Guest House and Church
The site of St Andrew’s has meant that it is an architectural landmark, even in the significant skyline of Jerusalem. The spacious public rooms give a feeling of tranquillity.
There is an unforgettable view of the Old City from the veranda. The whole building, church and guest house together, is a lasting tribute to the generous response of the parishes and people of Scotland and to the vision of the architect, Clifford Holliday (who also designed the Rockefeller Museum in East Jerusalem)
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