The Robin Chapel and Thistle Foundation :: Shared Description

The Thistle Foundation is a charity founded by Sir Francis and Lady Isabella Tudsbery in 1944 to provide housing and support for disabled servicemen from WWI. It provides a community supported by professional staff to create as normal an environment as possible for families to live together LinkExternal link . While the housing complex was being planned the Tudsbery’s son, Lt Robin Tudsbery [Royal Horse Guards] was killed in action in the last days of WWII, aged 25, and the memorial chapel dedicated to him was incorporated into the scheme. It is Category A-listed, completed in 1953, and designed in the Scottish Arts & Crafts style by John F Matthew, of the architectural firm Lorimer & Matthew.
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NT2971 : The Robin Chapel by M J Richardson
NT2971 : The Tudsbery Centre of Wellbeing by M J Richardson
NT2971 : The Robin Chapel and Thistle Foundation by M J Richardson
NT2971 : The Robin Chapel, Craigmillar by M J Richardson
NT2971 : The Robin Chapel by M J Richardson
NT2971 : Queen's Walk, Craigmillar by M J Richardson
NT2971 : Robin Chapel by Anne Burgess
NT2971 : Robin Chapel by Anne Burgess
NT2971 : Thistle Foundation by Anne Burgess
NT2971 : The Robin Chapel by M J Richardson
NT2971 : Covered Parking by Anne Burgess
NT2971 : The Robin Chapel by M J Richardson
NT2971 : Robin Chapel by Anne Burgess


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Created: Sat, 11 Feb 2017, Updated: Sat, 11 Feb 2017

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