St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock is a Grade B listed building in the Inverclyde local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 13 May 1971. Church. 2 related planning applications.

St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock

WRENN ID
muted-oriel-plover
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Inverclyde
Constituency
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West MP: Martin McCluskey (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
13 May 1971
Type
Church
Address
St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock, PA15 1YF
OS grid reference
NS 275 768
Coordinates
55.95332, -4.76417
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

St Columba's Gaelic Church in Greenock is a two-storey building featuring a classic design. The exterior is made of ashlar stone, with a channelled ground floor. The main front has a central window that is framed by fluted Ionic attached columns, topped with a pediment. The church was originally built in 1823 as the Chapel-of-East, known as 'Morin's Kirk', designed by architect James Dempster of Greenock. It was closed in 1843 and later reopened as St. Thomas in 1857, at which time gate piers in the style of Greek Thomson were likely added.

Local climate

St Columba's Gaelic Church, Grey Place, Greenock sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,620 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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