Church of St John the Evangelist, Edinburgh

The Church of St John the Evangelist stands at the west end of Princes Street in Edinburgh, where Lothian Road begins. Built in 1816–1818 to designs by the 25-year-old architect William Burn, it is a category A listed building. The congregation began in 1792 under Daniel Sandford, who became the first bishop. Sir William Forbes, a leading banker, helped fund the new church after the congregation outgrew Charlotte Chapel. Edward Bannerman Ramsay served as curate from 1827 and later as minister until 1872. The church contains notable works by several designers. The plaster pendant fan vault ceiling copies that in Henry VII Chapel at Westminster Abbey. Stained glass is largely by Ballantine, with the east window by William Raphael Eginton. The war memorial of 1919 was designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, who also added faux-vaults when Lothian Road was widened in 1926. A south-east extension was added in 2018. Daily Matins continues each week, one of the few Episcopal churches in Scotland to do so. Inside, the morning chapel was furnished by Walker Todd in 1935. Outside, the graveyard holds memorials to figures such as Sir Henry Raeburn and John Stuart Stuart-Forbes, who died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The church also hosts the Just Festival every August and holds an Ethiopian tabot returned to Addis Ababa in 2002.