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Eaglesham, Montgomery Street, Carswell Church And Churchyard

Church (18th Century) (1788), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (1920)

Site Name Eaglesham, Montgomery Street, Carswell Church And Churchyard

Classification Church (18th Century) (1788), Commemorative Monument (Period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) (1920)

Alternative Name(s) Covenanters Monument; Old Parish Church; War Memorial Plaque

Canmore ID 204066

Site Number NS55SE 92

NGR NS 57373 51898

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/204066

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Renfrewshire
  • Parish Eaglesham
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Eastwood
  • Former County Renfrewshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Eaglesham Old & Carswell Church, Montgomerie Street, 1788

Octagonal plan altered 1790 by the 11th Earl of Eglinton. Later classical steeple, housing Mears bell of 1792. Adjacent is a small square detached session house.

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Architecture Notes

NMRS REFERENCE

Architect: James Baird - mason 1724.

(Undated) information in NMRS.

Activities

Photographic Survey (July 1963)

Photographs of buildings in Eaglesham, Renfrewshire, by the Scottish National Buildings Record in July 1963.

Project (February 2014 - July 2014)

A data upgrade project to record war memorials.

Photographic Survey

Photographs by the Scottish National Buildings Record c1952-1954.

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