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Glasgow Churches : Buildings
Kirks, Chapels + Cathedrals in the west of Scotland, UK
post updated 16 February 2025
Glasgow Church Buildings
Major Historic Religious Building in the city:
St Vincent Street, financial district, west of the city centre
St Vincent Street photograph © AW
St Vincent Street Church, St Vincent St, central/west Glasgow
Recent Key Religious Building in the city:
Gorbals Parish Church
Design: ADF Architects
Gorbals architecture photo © Keith Hunter Photography
Gorbals Parish Church
Church of St Paul the Apostle
photo © Andrew Lee
The category B-listed Church of St Paul the Apostle stands on the busy Shettleston Road two miles east of Glasgow City Centre. Jack Coia, of Glasgow architects Gillespie Kidd and Coia, designed the church in an Italian Baroque style, and it was built from 1957 to 1959. The Cube – design by Page Park Architects. 22 Nov 2011
Strathclyde religious building photos from 10 Feb 2011
Cathcart Old Parish Church
photograph © Adrian Welch
Glasgow Catholic Cathedral
Catholic Cathedral photograph © Adrian Welch
Featured Key Glasgow Churches
Key Religious Buildings in the city, alphabetical:
Caledonia Road, Caledonia Rd, Gorbals, south Glasgow
Gorbals ruined building photograph © AW
Caledonia Road Church
Queens Cross Church, Garscube
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Garscube architecture photo © Isabelle Lomholt
Queens Cross Church
Queen’s Park United Presbyterian Church, Langside Road
Architect: Alexander “Greek” Thomson
Queen’s Park Church
Ruchill Free Church Halls, Ruchill St
Ruchill Free Church Halls
St George’s Tron Church
Architect: William Stark
property photograph © AJW
St George’s Tron Church, central/west Glasgow
Tron Kirk – redeveloped as a theatre
Tron building photo © AW
Tron Kirk Glasgow
St Andrews in the Square Church, central/east Glasgow
Dates built: 1739-59
Architects: Allan Dreghorn & Mungo Naismith
St Andrews in the Square property photo from 2002
St Mary’s Church Glasgow, 300 Great Western Road
Date built: 1871
Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scott
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Modern Glasgow Church Building
St Benedict’s Church Glasgow, Easterhouse
Easterhouse architecture photo © AW
Glasgow Churches
John Street Church
John Street structure photograph © Adrian Welch
Ramshorn Kirk
Ramshorn Kirk building photograph © AJW
St Aloysius Church:
St Aloysius photograph © AJW
Destiny Church
architectural image from architect studio
St Stephens Renfield Church:
St Stephens Renfield photo © Adrian Welch
More Glasgow Churches – no photos
Adelaide Place Baptist Church
Dates built: 1877, 1995
209 Bath Street
Design: Thomas L Watson, conversion Gillespies
Battlefield East Church
Dates built: 1864-5
1220 Cathcart Road
Design: John Honeyman
corner of Battlefield Road
Broomhill Parish Church
Dates built: 1902-3
64-66 Randolph Road
Design: Stewart and Paterson
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Dates built: 1968, 1978, 1988
35 Julian Avenue
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Glasgow Evangelical Church
Date built: 1880
18 Cathedral Square
Design: John Honeyman
Govan Old Parish Church
Dates built: 1884-98
866 Govan Road
Design: Robert Rowand Anderson
Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church
Date built: 1876
23 Saltoun Street
Design: James Sellars
Kelvin Stevenson Memorial Church
Date built: 1898
62 Belmont Street
Design: John J Stevenson
Langside Parish Church
Date built: 1995
167 Ledard Road, Langside, Glasgow
Design: Mike & Sue Thornley
OranMòr : former Kelvinside Parish Church
1862, 2004
731-735 Great Western Road
Design: J J Stevenson
Oran Mor
Our Lady of Good Counsel RC Church
1964-65
6 Broompark Circus
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia Architects
Pollokshields Church of Scotland
1875
274 Albert Drive, corner of Albert Drive & Shields Road
Robert Baldie
Sandyford-Henderson Memorial Church
1856
13 Kelvinhaugh Street
J T Emmett, John Honeyman
St Anthony’s Church
1879
62 Langlands Road
John Honeyman
St Benedicts Church
1962-65
755 Westerhouse Road
Gillespie Kidd and Coia
St Bride’s Episcopal Church
1904, 1910
69 Hyndland Road
G F Bodley, H O Tarbolton
St Charles’ RC Church
1959
1 Kelvinside Gardens
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia
St Clare’s RC Church
1959
18 Drumlanirg Avenue
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St John’s Renfield Parish Church
1931
Beaconsfield Road
James Taylor Thomson
St Mary’s RC Church
1841-42
89 Abercromby Street
Goldie & Childe of London
St Mungo’s Church
1869
Parson Street, Townhead
George Goldie
St Ninian’s Episcopal Church
1872-77, extended 1887
1 Albert Drive
David Thomson
Church of St Paul’s the Apostle
1957-59
1653 Shettleston Road
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia
Glasgow Cathedral
12-14thC
Cathedral Square, Glasgow
Glasgow Cathedral
St Andrew’s Cathedral
1814-17
190 Clyde Street
James Gillespie Graham
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Glasgow Synagogues
Garnethill Synagogue
1879
127 Hill Street
John McLeod
Giffnock and Newlands Synagogue
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222 Fenwick Road, Glasgow
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Glasgow Mosques
Glasgow Central Mosque
1984
1 Mosque Avenue, Gorbals, Glasgow
Coleman Ballantine
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Glasgow Buddhism Centres
Glasgow Buddhist Centre : Friends of Western Buddhist Order
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329 Sauchiehall Street, opposite Dental Hospital, Glasgow
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Scotland’s Buddhist Vihara
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2002 Maryhill Road
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Orthodox Churches
Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Luke
1877
27 Dundonald Road
James Sellars
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Architecture in Strathclyde
Historic Glasgow : best buildings of the past
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Scottish Architectural Design
Strathclyde Building Designs – key architectural selection in the west of Scotland below:
Science Centre Glasgow, located on the south side of the River Clyde
Clyde Auditorium – also known as the Armadillo, on the north bank of the River Clyde
SECC Glasgow – Scottish Event Campus, Exhibition Way
Oran Mor, Great Western Road
Buildings / photos for the Glasgow Church Architecture – major religious buildings in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, United Kingdom, page welcome.