Magdalen Chapel, Edinburgh

Magdalen Chapel in Edinburgh is a sixteenth century Almshouse Chapel which later became the Convening Hall for the Guild of Hammermen after the Reformation. Simpson & Brown were commissioned by the Scottish Reformation Society to carry out general repairs to the fabric and to re-plan the circulation of the building to provide office space and to allow greater public access. The contract involved collaboration with several specialists, including archaeologists and restorers of sculpture, furniture and clocks. Traditional materials were used leaving the existing fabric as unaltered as possible.