St Kentigern's Church is a former

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church which is now disused in

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. The congregation began in 1859 on Earl Grey Street as a mission station of St John's Episcopal Church on Princes Street. The church is located on the Union Canal in Viewforth and was built in 1897. The stone Gothic-style building was designed by

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, a prolific Scottish architect and the designer of the Caledonian Hilton building. The church closed in 1941 after which it was used as a nursery and a garage. In 2005, there was an attempt to demolish the church. In 2015, the church was found to contain a large

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haul. In 2020, City of Edinburgh Council received a planning application to convert the church into residential use. As of 2024, it has been converted into housing.

St Kentigern

In 1925 the church was dedicated to Kentigern (Celtic: “High Lord”), also known as

Saint Mungo Kentigern (; ), known as Mungo, was a missionary in the Brittonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in the late sixth century, and the founder and patron saint of the city of Glasgow. Name In Wales and England, this saint is known by his birth and baptis ...

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Buildings and structures in Edinburgh Buildings and structures completed in 1897 {{Scotland-Anglican-church-stub