Walk Leader: Colin Balfour
Friday 22nd May 2026
Group selected image by Chris Osborne
The Mansfield Traquair Centre in Edinburgh, known as "Edinburgh's Sistine Chapel," was designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson as a Catholic Apostolic Church, and completed in 1885–1895. It is renowned for its stunning, immersive murals painted by Arts and Crafts artist Phoebe Anna Traquair in the 1890s. The building was saved from dereliction by a trust in the 1990s and is now a premier venue. The building is recognised as a masterpiece of late Victorian art and architecture.
