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Glasgow, 416 And 420 Great Western Road, Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church

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Church (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 416 And 420 Great Western Road, Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church

Classification Church (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) 433 North Woodside Road; Lansdowne Parish Church

Canmore ID 79848

Site Number NS56NE 190

NGR NS 57564 66942

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79848

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View of W entrance
View of W entranceInterior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Memorial plaque to Rev T Dobbie 1835-1902Detail of W gabletDetail of spireletInterior. Apse detail of War Nemorial sculpture freize by Evelyn Beale 1923Oblique aerial view of Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church, looking E.Oblique aerial view of Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church, looking N.Lansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowPortrait of Rev. John Eadie, Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow.General view from SW.View from W.View from S showing spire and hallsInterior. S staircase to hallsInterior. N wall stained glass window by Gordon Webster 1966 memorial to James MorrisonInterior. Apse stained glass window by Henry Hughes of Ward and HughesInterior. Detail of S Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Vestry detail of stained glass by Stephen AdamInterior. Vestry detail of stained glass by Stephen AdamInterior. Portrait bust of Rev John Eadie?Detail of W gableView from SEView from S showing spire and hallsInterior. First floor hall with original gymnastics ropesInterior. Ground floor view of original vestryInterior. N transept stained glass windows by Alfred Webster 1913Interior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Apse stained glass window by Henry Hughes of Ward and HughesInterior. Apse stained glass window by Henry Hughes of Ward and HughesInterior. Detail of S Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Vestry detail of stained glass by Stephen AdamDetail of spireLansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowLansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowLansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowLansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowView from W from Kelvin BridgeView from SEView of entrance to beadle's houseInterior. View from NW at gallery level showing apse and S transeptInterior. View of W lobbyInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of S Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Memorial plaque to Rev T Dobbie 1835-1902Detail of spireInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. S transept stained glass windows by Alfred Webster 1913Interior. N wall stained glass window by Gordon Webster 1966 memorial to James MorrisonInterior. N wall stained glass window c.1929 memorial to Rev John WilsonInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Aisle stained glass windowDetail of gargoyleOblique aerial view of Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church, looking NNW.Lansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowLansdowne Church, GlasgowInterior. View from W of apseInterior. First floor hall with original gymnastics ropesInterior. W lobby, detail of tympanum with portrait medallion of Rev John Eadie by John Mossman 1876Interior. N transept stained glass windows by Alfred Webster 1913Interior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Apse stained glass window by Henry Hughes of Ward and HughesInterior. Apse stained glass window by Henry Hughes of Ward and HughesInterior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of S Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Apse detail of War Nemorial sculpture freize by Evelyn Beale 1923Detail of W gable stoneworkDetail of gargoyleInterior. View of altar showing communion table and pulpit. View of entrance to beadle's houseInterior. View from NW at gallery level showing apse and S transeptInterior. Detail of pew entrance doors and pewsInterior. Vestry detail of stained glass by Stephen AdamInterior. Apse detail of War Nemorial sculpture freize by Evelyn Beale 1923Interior. Memorial plaque to Sir David McCowan 1860-1937Interior. Portrait bust of Rev John Eadie?Oblique aerial view of Lansdowne United Presbyterian Church, looking WNW.Lansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowLansdowne Church, Interior, GlasgowInterior. View of S lobbyInterior. Ground floor view of original vestryInterior. W stained glass windows by Henry Hughes of Ward and Hughes LondonInterior. N wall stained glass window by Gordon Webster 1966 memorial to James MorrisonInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Aisle stained glass windowInterior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of N Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Detail of S Transept stained glass window by Alf Webster 1913Interior. Vestry detail of stained glass by Stephen AdamInterior. Apse detail of War Nemorial sculpture freize by Evelyn Beale 1923Interior. Apse detail of War Nemorial sculpture freize by Evelyn Beale 1923Interior. Springbank UF Church WWI memorial plaque and remains of stencilled wall decorationDetail of W gablet

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

NS56NE 190 57564 66942

NMRS REFERENCE:

Architect: John Honeyman, 1863.

Large newscutting in 1.12 - catalogue number is hard to decipher and not given on catalogue slip

EXTERNAL REFERENCE:

Mitchell Library

Annan Volume (2 - 58) ref b643498

Glasgow in Former Times Vol 2

- engraving

Further Details

Site Management (14 December 2010)

Buildings at Risk Register BARR

T-plan early English apsidal church with tower and spire at SE. Coursed rubble with polished ashlar margins; slate roofs. West front: angle buttresses rising to columned pinnacles. Elaborate pointed arch porch with dog-tooth moulding: deeply recessed paired doors under moulded pointed arch supported on nook shafts of polished granite, with stiff leaf ashlar capitals. Porch flanked by deep buttresses with blind arcading continuing across to gabletted angle buttresses, gablet with roundel above arcading between buttresses. Stepped triple lancet above. Low pseudo-aisles, also butressed and with columned pinnacles. Transepts with 3 lancet windows over blind arcade. Tower in 3 stages: 1st stage buttressed with tripartite window over door; 2nd with 2-light louvered openings. 3rd stage more elaborate: plate tracery windows with gables, rising into spire; octagonal piers rise to pinnacles at angles. Tall very slender spire with niches and band of diaper work midway. Church surrounded by low ashlar wall with decorative cast-iron railings; intermediate gabled ashlar piers and gatepiers. (Historic Scotland)

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