Caledonia Road Church, Gorbals Building, Greek Thomson Glasgow, Date, Architect, Photos
Caledonia Road Church Glasgow Building
Greek Thomson Church in south Glasgow, Scotland, UK, design by Alexander Greek Thomson architect.
post updated 2 December 2023
Date built: 1856-57
Architect: Greek Thomson
Greek Thomson Church in the Gorbals
Photograph from the southeast
building photo © Adrian Welch
Caledonia Road Church
Alexander Thomson: Church in south Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Designed by Glasgow’s most famous architect of Victorian era, Alexander Thomson (aka Greek Thomson) who also designed St Vincent Street Church on the other side of the Clyde.
building photo © Adrian Welch
Location: 1 Caledonia Rd, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland
Sadly this building is – like St Vincent St – in need of some love and care.
The neoclassical Greek Revival building stands at the junction of Gorbals Road (A730) with Caledonian Road (A728) in the Gorbals. The V-shaped streets closely enclose the church on both sides.
On the southeast-facing façade, a portico in the style of Greek temple architecture with six Ionic columns emerges at gallery level. He sits on the massive church hall.
This is where the two entrance portals are embedded. They are richly ornamented with Greek motifs and antefixes.
On the west side the building is nine, on the east side three axes wide. Only a short section of the gallery remains.
The square tower on the west façade is designed on all sides near its end with open, narrow triplet windows. It is topped by a lantern surmounted by a cross.
References
Alexander Greek Thomson
Key Glasgow Churches & Cathedral
Glasgow Church Architecture
Major Strathclyde Religious Building Designs – selection:
St Vincent Street, financial district, west of the city centre, St Vincent St, central/west Glasgow
St Vincent Street photograph © AW
St Vincent Street Church
Gorbals Parish Church
Design: ADF Architects
Gorbals architecture photo © Keith Hunter Photography
Gorbals Parish Church
Church of St Paul the Apostle
photo © Andrew Lee
Church of St Paul the Apostle
Queens Cross Church, Garscube
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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
Glasgow Historic Building Designs
Historic Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection below:
Glasgow School of Art – GSA Building at 167 Renfrew Street, designed by famous Scottish architect Rennie Mackintosh
architecture photo © Adrian Welch
Glasgow Custom House Development
City Chambers, George Square – aka Municipal Buildings
This property has functioned as the headquarters of Glasgow City Council since 1996, and of preceding forms of municipal government in the city since 1889.
The Category A listed building is located on the eastern side of the city’s George Square.
Briggait Centre
Renewal Design: Nicoll Russell Studios Architects, Dundee
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