King of Glory, Edinburgh
King of Glory, Edinburgh
King of Glory occupies the former St Christopher’s Church on Craigentinny Road, Edinburgh, a Category C listed interwar brick church now used by a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God.
- Location
- Edinburgh,
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- City of Edinburgh
- City / town
- Edinburgh
- Address
- Craigentinny Road, Edinburgh, EH7 6QJ
- Postcode
- EH7 6QJ
- Built
- Hall 1934–35; church 1934–38
- Architect
- James McLachlan
- Denomination
- Other
- Parish
- RCCG King of Glory
- Style
- Neo-Romanesque
- Materials
- Variegated red brick in common and rat-trap bonds
- Opening hours
- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 5pm.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access throughout. Level access to the main areas. Ramp or level access available on request
- Website
- http://rccgkog.org/
Overview
Historic Environment Scotland lists the building as a cruciform Neo-Romanesque church of 1934–38 by James McLachlan, with an engaged tall square tower on the south elevation, abutted to a church hall of 1934–35, on a prominent corner in the Craigentinny suburb. The fabric is variegated red brick: common bond with every fourth course of Flemish headers, rat-trap bond above the nave and hall windows, and round-arched openings to the church. The listing notes expressive brick bonding, soldier-course lintels and fine timber vaulted ceilings in church and hall.
The church was built under the Church of Scotland’s Church Extension Scheme to serve new suburban housing, when brick was still unusual for Scottish public buildings. After a period of disuse the Redeemed Christian Church of God bought the locked building in 2018; the congregation had used it as King of Glory from 2016. Scottish listings are recorded by HES rather than Historic England; the designation is Category C (LB51657).