The settlement closed in 1952 and Pleasance united with the nearby Charteris Memorial Church the following year.

They worshipped at the Caledonian Theatre before moving to a new church with 1,233 sittings on Brighton Street in January 1827.

The minister, James Turnbull, left the Relief Church in 1842 and, as the buildings counted as his personal property, the congregation was forced to meet in rented accommodation: initially the Waterloo Rooms, then the Freemasons' Hall again.

[5][6] Roxburgh Terrace is first recorded in 1824, when, while meeting in Carrubberr's Close in the Old Town, they petitioned the Relief Church to provide a minister.

In 1829, one faction, known as Bethel Relief Church, moved to a converted house on Roxburgh Terrace.

[9] The congregation's fourth minister, Robert Gemmell, was inducted in 1855 and was joined by Thomas Boston Johnstone in 1875.

[13] In April 1918, the ministry of Arthur Street became vacant and, on 2 May 1919, the congregation united with the nearby Pleasance Mission Church.

In 1952, Pleasance's minister, Bernhard Citron, moved to Canada and the New College Missionary removed its interest in the settlement.

[30] As constructed, the Arthur Street building was, in Roy Pinkerton's words, "a rather plain, piend-roofed rectangle".

[31] A harmonium was introduced in 1880 and, in 1883, the church was renovated to designs by David Robertson and part of its grounds sold for housing.

The renovation included the renewal of the windows, the upgrading of the interior, and the embellishment of the exterior with Romanesque details.

[6][32][33] The Builder gave the following notice at the time: The United Presbyterian Church in Arthur-street, one of the ugly Puritanical places of worship at one time considered the proper thing by Nonconformists, has been overhauled and rearranged from the plans prepared by Mr. David Robertson.