Glasgow, Bargeddie, Manse Road, Bargeddie Parish Church
Church (19th Century) (1876)
Site Name Glasgow, Bargeddie, Manse Road, Bargeddie Parish Church
Classification Church (19th Century) (1876)
Alternative Name(s) Baillieston; Netherhouse Road; Swinton
Canmore ID 171664
Site Number NS66SE 87
NGR NS 69158 64752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/171664
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Old Monkland (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66SE 87.00 69158 64752
NS66SE 87.01 69131 64755 Manse
NS66SE 87.02 69139 64719 Lodge
NS66SE 87.03 69209 64740 Hall
Bargeddie Church was recorded as part of the Threatened Buildings Survey. The survey was prompted by the proposed closure and sale of the church as part of the re-organisation of the Church of Scotland’s estate.
The church with its gate lodge and manse was built on land donated by the Misses Black of Heatherey Knowe. They owned part of the extensive coalfield and appear to have supported the building of the church and one of the sisters went on to marry the first minister. W & RS Ingram designed the whole complex in 1875-6. The elaborate Gothic church has a prominent spire and a complex arrangement of canted transepts, apse and projecting vestry all with intricate slated roofs. In 1894 a somewhat simpler large hall was added to the east completing the complex.
The interior is suitably elaborate with arcades that create aisles and a large gallery. The plasterwork includes angels at wall-junctions and putti as corbels. Willis installed the organ in 1891. Most of the furnishings appear to be designed by R Finlay in 1918-18 and made by Wylie and Lochhead. The stained glass includes a decorative circular window and figurative window in west transept by W & JJ Keir of 1876. In 1948 Sadie McLellan designed the six saints in the vestibule. The four prophets in the gallery are undated.
The church closed during the covid pandemic 2020-22 and did not re-open. The site has since been sold.
