St Vincent Street Church
The St Vincent Street Church is a church building of the Free Church of Scotland in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
St Vincent Street Church was built for the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland between March 1857 and February 1859 . The design was provided by the important Scottish architect Alexander Thomson , who planned a total of four churches in Glasgow, of which St Vincent Street Church is the only one that has survived. The cost of the building materials totaled £ 15,916. On top of this were staff costs of £ 1,207, of which Thomson's fee was £ 420. The church was opened on February 16, 1859.
In 1868 a meeting house was added, which Thomson also designed. With the merger of the church organizations, St Vincent Street Church belonged to the United Free Church of Scotland between 1900 and 1929 , and then merged with the Church of Scotland in 1929 . During the 1960s, the Glasgow Corporation acquired the obsolete building. Today it is owned by the city and leased to the Free Church of Scotland.
description
The building, designed in the classical Greek Revival , stands at the intersection of St Vincent Street and Pitt Street in the west of Glasgow city center. It rests on a raised pedestal built into the falling ground. A portico in the style of Greek temple architecture with six Ionic columns emerges on the northeast-facing front . The triangular gable has acroteria and antefixes . The bell tower rises on the east side. It closes with a dome on a surrounding colonnade .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on St Vincent Street Church in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 44.2 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 56.1" W.