Saint Paul's Newington Church, South Clerk Street, Edinburgh

Saint Paul's Newington Church, located on South Clerk Street in Edinburgh, is a plain rectangular minimum Gothic church designed by David Cousin in 1843. The church was raised to accommodate galleries in 1847 and was refronted by Henry and MacLennan between 1907 and 1908. The exterior features a late Scots Gothic style with a nave and aisles front that is boldly buttressed. It includes a central round-arched doorpiece with three orders and a four-light window above it. The flat-roofed aisle fronts have lancet windows with mouchettes, and the building is constructed of good snecked rubble with polished ashlar dressings and parapets. The flanks have one-window returns and display high-quality sculptured detail, while the original flanks from 1843 are plain. The church has a two-tier treatment with four bays, and the upper windows feature depressed arches and Y-tracery, topped by a slated roof. Inside, the church has full-height four-centred arcades supported by cast-iron columns.