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Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church, 1 Caledonia Road, Glasgow

A Category A Listed Building in Glasgow, Glasgow

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Latitude: 55.8472 / 55°50'49"N

Longitude: -4.2547 / 4°15'16"W

OS Eastings: 258932

OS Northings: 663852

OS Grid: NS589638

Mapcode National: GBR 0LR.LP

Mapcode Global: WH3P8.M959

Plus Code: 9C7QRPWW+V4

Entry Name: Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church, 1 Caledonia Road, Glasgow

Listing Name: 1 Caledonia Road, Former Caledonia Road Up Church

Listing Date: 6 July 1966

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 377218

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33497

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: 1 Caledonia Road, Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church

ID on this website: 200377218

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Southside Central

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

Tagged with: Parish church

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Description

Alexander Thomson 1856. Church and hall on gusset site, burnt out 1965. Banded ashlar on polygonal masonry base.

South elevation: temple front raised over ground floor banded masonry podium with 2 boldly detailed corniced doorpieces with Greek motifs and antifixae. Original wooden doors. Ionic pedimented hexastyle portico above.

East elevation: banded masonry and 3 blank corniced windows with discs. Low door at north end. Only 1-bay of gallery level remains.

West elevation: 1-storey hall with 9 pilastered windows, now blank and 2 doors in architraves and frieze under small paired windows. The doors are concrete replicas of wooden doors. Tall square tower of banded masonry with 3 narrow openings near the top, a lantern and cross. Small section of cast iron railings at base. Rear wall modern. Interior gutted.

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