Church of the Sacred Heart (Glasgow)

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The Church of the Sacred Heart , also Sacred Heart Church , is a Catholic church building in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

In 1847 the village of Bridgeton was incorporated into the City of Glasgow. In 1873 the Sacred Heart Mission was established at the site . The mission buildings were demolished to make way for the construction of today's Church of the Sacred Heart. The church was built between 1909 and 1910 according to a plan by the Belgian architect Charles Ménart . It was built next to the rectory designed by Pugin & Pugin in 1890 . To eliminate structural defects in the roof structure, the architecture firm Gillespie Kidd & Coia designed a new structure and renewed the elements in 1954. In the course of this work, a fresco by William Crosbie was also restored. A draft for the revision and extension of the building from the same year was not implemented.

description

The Church of the Sacred Heart is on Old Dalmarnock Road in the east of Glasgow's Bridgeton district. Most of the facades of the neo-Romanesque basilica are embossed . All building openings are arched and designed with keystones . On the east-facing facade there is a wide Diocletian window with Ionic pilasters and sculptures of Saints Andrew and Patrick . The flanking stair towers close with baroque domes. Three Diocletian windows each run along the upper aisles of the flanks.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 50 ′ 45.8 "  N , 4 ° 13 ′ 23.5"  W.