St Andrew's-by-the-Green
St Andrew's-by-the-Green is a former church building and now a commercial building in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was built from 1750 by the stonemasons Andrew Hunter and William Paull in collaboration with Thomas Thomson as Glasgow's first Episcopal Church . Around 1900 an apse was added, which has since been demolished. In 1981 the church was restored. Six years later the conversion into a commercial building began. Today it houses the headquarters of the Glasgow Association for Mental Health .
description
St Andrew's-by-the-Green is located at the confluence of Turnbull Street and Greendyke Street, southeast of central Glasgow. The classical , elongated building is constructed symmetrically. Its masonry consists of polished stone blocks. The south-facing front facade of the two-story church is five axes wide. Rustic ribbons divide the facade vertically. There are elongated windows built in, which are almost square on the ground floor. They close with architraves with stylized keystones . The facade closes with a triangular gable with an oculus in the tympanum . A cornice runs underneath .
The gable ends are three axes wide. There are entrance doors in the middle; on the west side in a flat polygonal porch from the early 19th century. An overlying arched window was once made with lead glass , possibly by Stephen Adam . On the final triangular gable sits a small wooden roof turret with an open bell. The final gable roof is covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ^ Information from the Glasgow Association for Mental Health
Web links
- Entry on St Andrew's-by-the-Green in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 14.9 " N , 4 ° 14 ′ 39.2" W.