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St Andrew's Parish Church, Avon Street, Hamilton

A Category B Listed Building in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.7723 / 55°46'20"N

Longitude: -4.036 / 4°2'9"W

OS Eastings: 272376

OS Northings: 655099

OS Grid: NS723550

Mapcode National: GBR 018P.0M

Mapcode Global: WH4QW.Z57P

Plus Code: 9C7QQXC7+WH

Entry Name: St Andrew's Parish Church, Avon Street, Hamilton

Listing Name: Avon Street, St Andrews Parish Church

Listing Date: 18 March 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 378734

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB34484

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Hamilton, Avon Street, St Andrew's Parish Church

ID on this website: 200378734

Location: Hamilton

County: South Lanarkshire

Town: Hamilton

Electoral Ward: Hamilton South

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

John Bennie Wilson, 1895. Gothic church with symmetrical
street elevation - buttressed nave gable, tall
octagonal stair turrets fronting aisles with facetted
roofs, shallow porches in linking bays, main roof behind
swept over aisles, shallow gabled transepts, shallow
chancel (containing organ and fronted by pulpit). Bull-
faced red Dumfriesshire ashlar with polished dressings;
slated roofs with red ridging tiles. Hall to left also
with gable to street. Interior has cast-iron columns
supporting roof, gallery with panelled front set
between; good series of leaded glass windows; aisle
arcades. All set behind wrought-iron railings,
decorative gates.

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