Recording Your Heritage Online
Event ID 566105
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Recording Your Heritage Online
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/566105
1 Caledonia Road, 1856, Alexander Thomson
Former Caledonia Road UP Church. A mere fragment of Thomson's first large church, burnt out in 1965. A magnificent tower, unadorned apart from the bell openings and clock on top. The Greek 'temple' alongside on the plain base, reminiscent of the Athens Acropolis. A satisfyingly balanced composition with the bulk of the church behind and originally lit by clerestory windows. Thomson became an elder of this congregation, declaring later that Religion had been the soul of Art from the beginning. A classicist, he argued in his lectures and publications that Gothic was a barbarian interloper. Awaiting a settled environment for incorporation into what deserves to be a major public project.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
