Holy Trinity & St Barnabas

It is amongst the first Episcopal churches built in Scotland following the repeal of penal laws against the church in 1795 and is a notable example of neo-Gothic architecture.

There has been an organised Episcopalian presence in Paisley since 1817 when the congregation of Holy Trinity was founded.  After the partial repeal of the penal laws in 1792, Episcopalians in Paisley and the surrounding area began to think about having their own clergyman. At that time, to attend church, they had to travel to St Andrew’s by the Green in Glasgow, or St Mary’s, also in Glasgow, to worship at the only qualified chapels in the area.  In 1817, Revd William Wade was sent to Paisley by the then Bishop of Edinburgh, Fife and Glasgow and by 1833 a church had been erected and named Trinity Chapel. The building was extended with the addition of a chancel and pipe organ in the 1880s under the patronage of the Earl of Glasgow.