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 Murrayfield Parish Church
is a Church of Scotland congregation with a membership drawn mainly from
the surrounding Murrayfield, Roseburn and Saughtonhall districts. It is
a partner in Murrayfield Churches Together with its neighbours The
Church of the Good Shepherd Episcopal and Saughtonhall URC.
The church is situated on the corner of Ormidale Terrace and Abinger
Gardens, and lies parallel with Corstorphine Road. Construction of this
large cruciform building, built in gothic style, began in 1900. The long
aisled and wood-vaulted nave of three large bays was completed first,
followed by the transepts and finally the chancel. Like so many
Edinburgh churches built at this time the building lacks externally a
large tower or spire, making it easy to miss from the main road for so
large an edifice.
 The windows of the nave are of clear glass, while those of the chancel
and transepts are filled with richly coloured glass of a most striking and
dramatic quality. The large south transept window is almost anglican in
flavour, with four saints portrayed in the lower lights.
 The
chancel features much carved woodwork, all of a piece, with the pipework of
the large
three-manual organ in a chamber on the south side. The organ console is
built into the choirstalls and sits below the pipe facade.
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