Edinburgh, Leith Wynd, Lady Glenorchy's Church

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, Leith Wynd, Lady Glenorchy's Church as Church (18th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Linked to the Catholic tradition of the Glenorchy family, Lady Glenorchy's Church in Leith Wynd was a place of worship for the Catholic community in 18th-century Edinburgh, a time when Catholicism was suppressed in Scotland. The site reflects the persistence of Catholic faith and clandestine religious practice during the post-Reformation period.