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The Hub Edinburgh
The former Tolbooth Church, situated on Castlehill on the approaches to Edinburgh Castle, is now the administrative base for the Edinburgh International Festival and has been renamed as “The Hub”. The conversion was carried out by a local architectural firm, Benjamin Tindall, in the late 1990’s.

The church dates from 1844 when it served as both a parish church and the annual meeting place for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It was designed in the English Gothic style by James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Welby Pugin, who was responsible for the huge 240-foot spire which provides the highest point in the city centre. Pugin was Britain’s foremost propagandist of the Gothic revival and is best known for the exterior detailing of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London.
The main public area of the building, sited on the first floor, now houses the Hub’s function suite. The reminder of the complex provides a café / restaurant and an all-year-round Arts Centre for residents and visitors to the city.

Description
The Hub Edinburgh
The former Tolbooth Church, situated on Castlehill on the approaches to Edinburgh Castle, is now the administrative base for the Edinburgh International Festival and has been renamed as “The Hub”. The conversion was carried out by a local architectural firm, Benjamin Tindall, in the late 1990’s.

The church dates from 1844 when it served as both a parish church and the annual meeting place for the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It was designed in the English Gothic style by James Gillespie Graham and Augustus Welby Pugin, who was responsible for the huge 240-foot spire which provides the highest point in the city centre. Pugin was Britain’s foremost propagandist of the Gothic revival and is best known for the exterior detailing of the Houses of Parliament at Westminster, London.
The main public area of the building, sited on the first floor, now houses the Hub’s function suite. The reminder of the complex provides a café / restaurant and an all-year-round Arts Centre for residents and visitors to the city.