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St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock

A Category B Listed Building in Greenock, Inverclyde

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9533 / 55°57'11"N

Longitude: -4.7642 / 4°45'51"W

OS Eastings: 227514

OS Northings: 676817

OS Grid: NS275768

Mapcode National: GBR 0C.XX9Y

Mapcode Global: WH2M9.SMJG

Plus Code: 9C7QX63P+88

Entry Name: St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock

Listing Name: Former St. Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place and Patrick Street.

Listing Date: 13 May 1971

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 378338

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34121

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200378338

Location: Greenock

County: Inverclyde

Town: Greenock

Electoral Ward: Inverclyde North

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

2-storey classic treatment: ashlar with channelled ground
floor, main front with centre window framed in fluted Ionic
attached columns with pediment over. Erected 1823 as
Chapel-of-East ('Morin's Kirk') James Dempster of Greenock,
archt.: closed 1843 re-opened as St. Thomas 1857 with gate
piers of Greek Thomson pattern probably of that date.

Statement of Interest

Ecc. building, no longer in use as such.

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