St Stephen's Church, St Stephen Street, Edinburgh is a Grade A listed building in the City of Edinburgh local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 14 December 1970. Church. 9 related planning applications.

St Stephen's Church, St Stephen Street, Edinburgh

WRENN ID
empty-paling-oak
Grade
A
Local Planning Authority
City of Edinburgh
Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith MP: Tracy Gilbert (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
14 December 1970
Type
Church
Address
St Stephen's Church, St Stephen Street, Edinburgh, EH3 5AQ
OS grid reference
NT 249 746
Coordinates
55.9587, -3.20353
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Stephen's Church, located on St Stephen Street in Edinburgh, was designed by W H Playfair and built between 1827 and 1828. The church features a classical style with a giant scale and a square plan that contains an octagon, which is set diagonally behind a pinnacled tower. The tower has a tunnel porch and steps at its base. The church has anta order on the southwest and southeast sides. It was refurnished in 1880, and the interior was reconstructed in 1956.

Local climate

St Stephen's Church, St Stephen Street, Edinburgh sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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