The High Church is situated at the top of Church Hill in the centre of Paisley, and is a prominent landmark. It was built around 1750 and was designed by John Whyte, a member of the town council. Seats in the new church were allocated by public auction! The magnificent steeple was added later in 1770, and rises in five stages to an obelisk spire.
On the ground close to the church there are symbols embedded in the whinstone pavement (see waypoint). The symbols are of a handkerchief, a pair of glasses and a heart. Local legend says that this marks the spot where a stonemason fell while working on the spire.
In 1991 the congregation of the High Church joined with the congregations of St John's Church and Paisley Congregational Church to form the Oakshaw Trinity Church.