Description

1860 by James Henderson, twice enlarged later. Gothic, early pointed style, coursed rubble. Hall church with triple-transept treatment of the aisles, three stepped lancets each gable, central square fleche, porch at southeast: north gable front addition has plain splayed door flanked by lancets, rose window above, four-stage tower broached to octagonal at third stage, belfry fourth stage with shafted lancets, stone spire. Church rooms (Honeyman Hall), gabled to south, 1895 by John Honeyman and Keppie, east-west aligned, buttressed hall with perpendicular traceried windows in gables and cross windows to north simple single storey three-bay house (Beadle's House) attached at west. Chalmers Hall by J F Stephen Architects, 2005-2008 attached to hall and house at west.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Built as a mission church under Logie Church in 1860, twice enlarged subsequently Became a Quoad Sacra Parish Church Hall, session house, library, vestry, waiting rooms and church officer's house opened 1895. John Honeyman & Keppie architects. Chalmers Church and Holy Trinity Church united in August 2003, now known as Bridge of Allan Parish Church.

Original listed building record (1977) stated that there were furnishings of note by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1904; pulpit, communion table and chairs, organ case and choir stalls. However, these have not been seen (2019) and Mackintosh Architecture (https://www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/) notes that as John Honeyman was a member of the church and was one of its trustees, it seems likely that he was personally responsible for the design of the new hall. There is nothing to suggest Mackintosh's involvement in the design, though he may have helped with the drawings as there are annotations in his hand on one of the surviving drawings (Mackintosh Architecture).

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was born in Glasgow and is regarded internationally as one of the leading architects and designers of the 20th century. His reputation is as a pioneer of Modernism but his architecture took much inspiration from Scottish Baronial, and Scottish and English vernacular forms and their reinterpretation. The synthesis of modern and traditional forms led to a distinctive form of Scottish arts and crafts design, known as 'The Glasgow Style'. This was developed in collaboration with contemporaries Herbert McNair, and the sisters Francis and Margaret Macdonald (who would become his wife in 1900), who were known as 'The Four'. The Glasgow Style is now synonymous with Mackintosh and the City of Glasgow.

Mackintosh is associated with over 150 wide-ranging design projects including work with the practice of John Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901). His most significant work, during this partnership was the Glasgow School of Art built in two phases from 1897 and culminating in the outstanding library of 1907. The German concept of 'Gesamtkunstwerk', meaning the 'synthesis of the arts' is something that Mackintosh applied completely to all of his work, from the exterior to the internal decorative scheme and the furniture and fittings. Other key examples of his work include the Willow Tea Rooms (LB33173), the Glasgow Herald Building (now The Lighthouse) (LB33087) and Hill House (LB34761).

Listed building record revised in 2019 and 2023.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17834958

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