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Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, The Linn Crematorium
Crematorium (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, The Linn Crematorium
Classification Crematorium (20th Century)
Canmore ID 166959
Site Number NS55NE 149
NGR NS 58435 58853
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/166959
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cathcart (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive, 1962, T S Cordiner
A Beaux Arts-influenced modernist complex in a peaceful parkland setting, comprising two ceremonial chambers, each with its own waiting facilities and flanked by curved cloistered remembrance gardens.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS55NE 149.00 58435 58853
NS55NE 149.01 58302 58677 Lodges and Gate Piers (Carmonnock Parish)
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, Linn Crematorium.
Architect: T.S. Cordiner, 1962.
See 'Buildings of Scotland', 'Glasgow'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive. By T S Cordiner; opened in 1962. Long and low, but with a strongly mannered silhouette. Expressionist canopies on tapering pilotis stretch out either side of the central block.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
Note
Crematorium connected to Linn Cemetery (NS55NE 386) via Gates and Lodge (NS55NE 149.01).
Information from HES (C. DeDeo) 23 September 2024.
