Glasgow, 52 Old Dalmarnock Road, Sacred Heart Church
Church (20th Century), Gate Pier (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 52 Old Dalmarnock Road, Sacred Heart Church
Classification Church (20th Century), Gate Pier (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 50-56 Old Darmanock Road
Canmore ID 159776
Site Number NS66SW 141
NGR NS 60892 63663
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/159776
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
RC Church of the Sacred Heart, 50 Old Dalmarnock Road, 1909, Charles Jean (C J) Menart
Stern red sandstone exterior to Roman basilica. Internal concrete vault brilliantly lit from Venetian-windowed clerestory. Marble features in the chancel. Charles Baillie fresco, restored, 1954, William Crosbie; over the altar, Figure of Christ, 1954, Jack Mortimer; Stations of the Cross, 1954, William Crosbie. Jack Coia altered the ceiling in 1953. (See also this Belgian architect's more lavish St Aloysius, Garnethill, Central Glasgow Guide.) Presbytery, 1890, Pugin & Pugin. Plainer, rubble with ashlar dressings, top floor set back above main cornice, gabled dormer heads.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
