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This church is the first designed and built by the eminent Victorian architect George Edmund Street.

Centrally located in Kirkwall, near the main street and bus station, the church and community hall were built in the 1960s and are currently (2025) being renovated.

St Magnus Cathedral known as the Light in the North and founded in 1137 by the Viking, Earl Rognvald, in honour of his uncle St Magnus, dominates Kirkwall on Orkney.

St Cubert was a Welsh missionary who came over in the 7th century, together with his companion St Carantoc.

The site upon which this little church is built has been holy ground for some 1400 years and it is known that around 550AD Saint Mevan and Saint Issey busied themselves in this neighbourhood organising the early Celtic church.

At St Ewe village the road widens just a bit at the market cross and mounting steps, through the gate you'll see the camellia developed by Mr Tregunna of Caerhayes and named St Ewe.