Crosshill Queen's Park Church
The Cross Hill Queen's Park Church is a former church building of the Church of Scotland in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1989. The church is not to be confused with the nearby Queen's Park Church .
history
The architects Douglas & Sellars provided the design for the new church . Due to the numerous architectural parallels to the Blochairn Parish Church , the architect John James Stevenson seems likely to be the planning architect. However, he left Douglas & Sellars in 1870, two years before construction began. A design by Charles Alfred Chastel de Boinville , who briefly worked for the company in 1871 , therefore appears more likely . The church was opened on October 12, 1873. After 1876 changes and additions were made by Alexander Skirving . After the building became obsolete, it was converted into living space between 2002 and 2004.
description
The Crosshill Queen's Park Church is located on the northern edge of Queen's Park in the south of Glasgow. The building is designed in a neo-Gothic style, but does not correspond to the British interpretation of neo-Gothic. It is more reminiscent of the neo-Gothic architecture of France and Germany.
A six-story bell tower rises from the southeastern edge, the individual sections of which are separated from one another by cornices . At the foot there is a suspected pointed arch portal with Celtic ornamentation in the tympanum . In the fourth section, paired lancet windows with filigree columns are embedded. The fifth section with crabs on the cornice is particularly richly ornamented. On top of it sits a pointed helmet with hatchings at the octagonal base.
The main portal is to the left of the tower. It consists of two single pointed arch portals with trumeau and three-pass ornamentation in the tympana, which are embedded in a pointed arched recess with a profiled reveal and a final eyelash . The nave is five axes wide. There are paired elongated windows with pointed arched roofs and overlying round windows. In the upper aisle , lancet windows are coupled to form triplets . The final gable roof is covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Crosshill Queen's Park Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 49 ′ 55 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 41" W.