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Glasgow, Hillhead, Byres Road , Kelvinside Free Church
Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century), Bell(S) (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Hillhead, Byres Road , Kelvinside Free Church
Classification Church (19th Century), War Memorial (20th Century), Bell(S) (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Kelvinside Parish Church; Botanic Gardens Parish Church; 731 Great Western Road; Bible Training Institute; Oran Mor; War Memorial Plaque And Bells
Canmore ID 126724
Site Number NS56NE 227
NGR NS 56849 67304
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/126724
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- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NMRS REFERENCE:
Architect:
Charles Wilson - unexecuted design, 1858-59
Campbell Douglas & (John) Stevenson 1862
John Honeyman, 1881
EXTERNAL REFERENCE
National Portrait Gallery
Glasgow and Lanarkshire Illustrated 1910
Cat 1935 C/July 1946
p9, p41
- article and photograph of Kelvin Bridge, Lansdown and St Mary's Churches
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Field Visit (6 August 2014)
Eight bells within the spire of the church are dedicated to the memory of men lost in the First World Wall. Above a door in a porch fronting Great Western Road is an inscription reads 'The eight bells in this spire, the gift of a Glasgow Academical, are dedicated to the glory of God and in the memory of the boys of Glasgow and Kelvinside Academies, and of this church, who fell in the Great War, 1914-18'. The church has been converted to a public house but the bells are still in situ and are rung on the 11th November each year.
The war memorial within the church is situated within the entrance lobby at the main western entrance, on the wall facing the doorway. The memorial has been covered up to protect it, and cannot be seen.
Visited by RCAHMS (AKK) 30 July 2014.
