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St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Leith

1847 establishments in Scotland19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United KingdomBuildings and structures in LeithBuildings by Joseph HansomCategory B listed buildings in Edinburgh
E. W. Pugin church buildingsItalianate architecture in ScotlandItalianate church buildings in the United KingdomListed Roman Catholic churches in ScotlandListed churches in EdinburghMissionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate churches in the United KingdomRoman Catholic churches completed in 1852Roman Catholic churches in EdinburghRoman Catholic churches in Scotland
St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Leith
St. Mary Star of the Sea Church in Leith

St Mary Star of the Sea (Leith) Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is situated on Constitution Street in the Leith district and staffed by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The church was designed in 1854 by the architects E.W. Pugin and Joseph Hansom in the Gothic style. It is a Category B listed building. The Church has over 20 stained glass windows, and one of the side altars is dedicated to Mary Star of the Sea, the patron saint of Leith since the 12th Century.

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St Mary's Star of the Sea Church, Leith
Constitution Street, City of Edinburgh Leith Harbour & Newhaven

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St Mary's Star of the Sea Church

Constitution Street 106
EH6 6AW City of Edinburgh, Leith Harbour & Newhaven
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Lamb's House
Lamb's House

Lamb's House is a historic A-listed building in Leith, a northern district of the City of Edinburgh, Scotland, which has served as both a place of residence and warehouse. The present house is an example of early-17th-century architecture typical of harbour towns around the North Sea. The site was originally owned by Edinburgh merchant and shipowner Andrew Lamb. The Lamb family were reputed to have entertained Mary, Queen of Scots, somewhere nearby on her return from France in 1561. A contemporary record claims the young queen "remainit in Andro Lamb's hous be the space of an hour" while messages were sent to Edinburgh informing nobles of her return. In January 1581 he was the owner of the Mary Grace, which was sailing to Flanders with Montbirneau, a servant of Esmé Stewart. In November 1583 his passengers were an embassy to France led by Lord Seton with his son Alexander Seton and the architect William Schaw.Lamb's House is situated at the corner of Burgess Street and Water Street. According to a report prepared by Headland Archaeology Ltd, The front of the house faces SW onto a sunken courtyard, which is currently paved with concrete slabs and surrounded by grass-grown steps rising to the level of the street, approximately 1 m higher than the courtyard, to the SW and SE. A modern single-storey extension to the NW of the house projects out to the SW as far as Burgess Street, and also faces onto the courtyard to the SE. Lamb's House was a National Trust for Scotland property until it was sold to conservation architects for a sum believed to be around £1 million.