Glasgow, Kirk Road, Carmunnock Parish Church
Church (18th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Kirk Road, Carmunnock Parish Church
Classification Church (18th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Busby Road; Carmunnock Road; Carmunnock Parish Church Cemetery; Watchhouse
Canmore ID 163855
Site Number NS55NE 125
NGR NS 59912 57487
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/163855
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Carmunnock (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Carmunnock Parish Church, Kirk Road, rebuilt 1762
T-plan, two forestairs, 1819 vestry, Stuart aisle, 18th-century bellcote, rubble and ashlar dressings. First World War memorial stained glass, Norman Macleod MacDougall. Churchyard, 18th-/19th-century headstones and table tombs. Watch house, beside gate, simple, contains 1828 Instructions for Watch. An irregular cluster of 18th-century vernacular houses survives, huddling protectively around the church.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Field Visit (1994 - 2001)
A survey was undertaken at Carmunnock Parish Church to record all monuments within the burial ground. Work was undertaken between 199-1996 and 2001.
A Wyper, D LIttle, I Marshall and P Christie.
