St Patrick, Edinburgh
St Patrick, Edinburgh
St Patrick’s is a Category B Roman Catholic parish church at 5 South Gray’s Close, between the Cowgate and the High Street, Edinburgh, in the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
- Location
- Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- City of Edinburgh
- City / town
- Edinburgh
- Address
- South Gray's Close, High Street, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, EH1 1TQ
- Postcode
- EH1 1TQ
- Built
- 1772–74; additions 1898 and 1929
- Architect
- John Baxter junior; James Graham Fairley (1898); Reginald Fairlie (1929 façade)
- Denomination
- Catholic Church
- Dedication
- Patrick
- Diocese
- St Andrews and Edinburgh
- Parish
- St Patrick, Edinburgh
- Grade
- Category B
- Style
- Neoclassical
- Materials
- Cream sandstone polished ashlar to the south front
- Opening hours
- St Patrick’s is open 7 days a week, from 8am until 7pm in the winter (closing at 6pm on Sundays) and until 9pm in the summer.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Non-accessible toilets in church
Overview
Historic Environment Scotland lists 5 South Gray’s Close, St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church, at Category B (LB27498; added 14 December 1970). The original church is by John Baxter junior, 1772–74, with later additions by James Graham Fairley (1898) and a 1929 triumphal-arch entrance elevation by Reginald Fairlie. It was built as a Qualified Episcopal chapel; in 1818 it became a United Presbyterian congregation (shown on the first-edition OS as Cowgate Church, seating 1,700); the UP congregation sold it to the Roman Catholic Church in 1856 for £4,300. HES notes notable interior murals by Alexander Runciman. HES Category B listing cannot be stored on the list-entry field used for Historic England and Cadw URLs.