John Street Church
The John Street Church is a former church building and today's commercial 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
The construction of the new church began in 1858 based on a design by the Scottish architect John Thomas Rochead . The church was opened on January 1, 1860. It was built for the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland , which eventually merged with the Church of Scotland . The total cost was £ 9,933. When the church became obsolete, it was rebuilt and now houses a restaurant and offices.
description
John Street Church is located at the intersection of John Street and Cochrane Street in central Glasgow. To the south is the Hutchesons' Hall ; to the north are the Glasgow City Chambers opposite. The neo-renaissance building is designed in the style of an Italian palazzo. The facade of the three-story building is eleven axes along John Street and seven axes along Cochrane Street. The masonry on the ground floor is strikingly rusticated . The outer axes protrude slightly. There are rundbögige portals admitted. They close with ornamented keystones that expand into suspicious platforms. Decorative friezes run over it . Pilasters flank the framed niches above. Between the projections extend Kolonnaden from ionic columns over two floors. Leaded glass windows are inserted between the pillars , so that the impression arises as if the pillars emerge from a glass wall. The columns carry an architrave with a crown cornice . The hipped roof is covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ Entry on John Street Church in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Web links
- Entry on John Street Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '36.8 " N , 4 ° 14' 50.8" W.