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Churches in Anniesland, Ballieston, Barlanark,
Cathcart,
Gorbals,
Govanhill,
Lauriston,
Merrylee,
Mount Florida,
Newlands, Partick, Pollokshields,
Queen's Park.
Battlefield East Church (CoS, 1912), aka Clincarthill Parish
Church on
Cathcart Road. Open Tuesday - Friday mornings. NS 585 612. © Janet MacDonald. Two interior views - 1,
2. Both © Charles Clegg (2011).
Link1. Link2
which says that the adjacent hall is the previous church, and dates it
to 1865. It can be seen on a
Streetview from
2022.
Carmunnock Parish Church
(CoS) on Kirk Road. Open on summer Saturday afternoons.
Interior view. NS 5991
5748. Both © Charles Clegg (2012).
Link1.
Link2, which dates it to a re-build in 1767 on a medieval site.
Cathedral Church of St. Mary the Virgin (Episcopal, 1871). NT 249 725. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Interior view (the chancel), © Charles Clegg (2011). Link.
Free Presbyterian Church on Woodlands Road. Another view. NS 577
663. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Glasgow Evangelical Church
(Independent, 1878) on Cathedral Square. Two interior views - 1, 2.
Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
Jordanhill Parish Church
(1905, CoS, open week-days) - two interior views - 1, 2.
Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church (CoS, 1876; open on summer Saturday afternoons 3-5PM) - interior view.
Another interior view. Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
Lansdowne Parish Church (1863) on Great Western Road was closed due to dry rot, but there is a campaign to
repair it. NS 577 668. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Link1.
Link2 (Several interior photos).
Renfield St. Stephen's (1852, open most
days) on Bath Street. The chancel. Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
St. Aloysius (R.C., 1908-10, open most
days) on Rose Street, Garnethill - a view of the splendid interior. © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
St. Andrew's Cathedral (1816, R.C., open
daily) on Clyde Street, interior view. © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
St. Andrew's in the Square (1754). Two interior views -
1, 2. Since 1993 it has been used as a cultural centre.
Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
St. Columba (CoS, 1904) on St. Vincent
Street (interior view). © Charles Clegg (2011). Link.
Grade B listed.
St. Mungo's Cathedral (Presbyterian),
Castle Street. NS 6025 6557. © Aidan McRae Thomson.
An old postcard view, from Dave Westrap's
Collection. And another (perhaps from the 1920's), from Alan Crax's collection. Interior view, © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Link1.
Link2.
Link3.
Sandford Henderson Memorial Church on Kelvinhaugh Street. Another view.
NS 569 659. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
South Shawlands Church of Scotland on Regwood Street. NS 569 615. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
The former
Strathbungo Parish Church (1886-7) on Pollokshaws Road (thanks to
Alan Mathew for providing the identification, and the information that
it united with Queens Park West Church in the late1970's). NS 580 628. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Wellington Church (1884), on University
Avenue (interior view ). Another interior. Both © Charles Clegg (2011).
Link1. Link2.
Anniesland
Anniesland Methodist Church on Bearsden Road.
© Charles Clegg (2013).
Link.
Temple-Anniesland Parish Church (1905, CoS) on Crow road. © Charles Clegg (2013). The building
immediately to the left of the church is now the church hall, but was originally a United Presbyterian Church (1899).
Link.
Link2.
Ballieston
Ballieston Old Parish Church. Another view.
Built as a chapel of ease in 1833, when it was known as Crosshill Chapel, it became a parish church in 1872. Both © Alan Mathew.
Gospel Hall.
© Alan
Mathew.
Mure Memorial Church (CoS). Some history
here.
© Alan
Mathew.
St. Andrew (C0S, 1974). This is the "New" church. The "Old
Halls" opposite, although looking a bit churchy, seems to have
been built as a school, and was used later as a hall
© Alan
Mathew. Link.
St. Bridget (R.C.).
© Alan
Mathew. Link.
St. John (Episcopal,1850). Another view. Both
© Alan
Mathew. Link.
Barlanark
Greyfriars (CoS).
Another view. The congregation was founded in 1954, with the church dedicated in 1956, and
subsequently extended in 1968. Both © Alan Mathew. Link.
St. Jude and St. John Ogilvie (R.C.) on
Pendeen Road, Barlanark. © Alan Mathew. Link.
Cathcart
Cathcart Congregational Church on Garry Street.
© Charles Clegg (2013).
Cathcart Trinity Parish Church (CoS, 1894) on Clarkston Road.
Another view. Both © Charles Clegg (2013). Link.
Cathcart United Free Church on Clarkston Road. © Charles Clegg (2013).
Gorbals
The remains of Caledonia
Road United Presbyterian Church. The church, designed by
Alexander
"Greek" Thomson was
severely damaged in a fire in 1965.
The link for the architect leads to a
Wikipedia article, which also includes photos of the church. NS 5893
6385. ©
Alan Mathew (2019).
Link.
Govanhill.
Former
Church of Christ on Coplaw Street. My appreciation to Janet Gimber for the identification. NS 584 630. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009).
Masjid-E-Khazra on
Butterbiggins Road.
© Alan Mathew (2019). Link.
Victoria Evangelical Church on Langside
Road, Govanhill. NS 585 628. © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009)
A so far unidentified former church, dated 1903, on Copelaw Street. Now known as "Big Noise", a
music education venue.
© Alan Mathew (2019).
Lauriston
The former Abbotsford
Chalmers Free Church at the junction of
Cavendish Street and Pollokshaws Road in
1898.
It closed prior to 1995, when it was
converted into flats.
Another view. NS 5875 6382. Both
© Alan Mathew (2019).
Merrylee
St. Gabriel (R.C.) on
Merrylee Road. © Charles Clegg (2013). Link.
Mount Florida
Church of Pentecost, the former Mount Florida Parish Church, on Cathcart Road (1884).
© Charles Clegg (2013).
Newlands
Merrylea Holy Trinity Parish Church on Merrylee Road.
© Charles Clegg (2013). Link.
Partick
St. Peter (1903, R.C., open most days).
Interior view. Both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
St. Simon (1853, R.C., open most days). Two interior views -
1, 2. All © Charles Clegg
(2012). Link.
Pollokshields
The former
Christian Association
Southern Section building stands at the junction of Pollokshaw Road
and Maxwell Road. It's now in commercial use.
The shield above
the door. Both
©
Alan Mathew (2019).
Pollockshields Parish Church (1878, CoS, open on Wednesday mornings); two interior views - 1,
2, both © Charles Clegg (2012).
In this view of Albert
Drive, the parish church can be seen to the right, with St. Albert to
the left.
©
Alan Mathew (2019).
St. Albert the Great (R.C.) on
Albert Drive has had a number of previous incarnations, including
Stockwell Free Church (as which it opened in 1887), Albert Road United
Free Church, and Albert Drive Church.
Three additional views - 1,
2,
3. NS 5786 6328. All ©
Alan Mathew (2019).
Link.
Link2.
St. Ninian's Episcopal Church (1872) on Albert Drive. Another view.
NS 581 631. Both © Mehmood Naqshbandi (2009). Two interior views - 1,
2, both © Charles Clegg (2012). Link.
Queen's Park
Queen's Park Baptist Church was
formerly Camphill Parish Church (1876, designed by William Leiper).
© Charles Clegg (2013). Link.
Queen's Park Parish Church (CoS, 1875).
© Charles Clegg (2013).
Link.
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