St George’s Tron Church Glasgow, Photo, Scotland, William Stark Architect, Date, Picture

St George’s Tron Church Building

Religious Building on Buchanan Street, Glasgow design by William Stark architect in Strathclyde, Scotland.

post updated 2 December 2023

Date: 1807

Architect: William Stark

Location: west side of Buchanan Street towards north end

Photos from 28 Sep 2013:

building pictures © Adrian Welch

St George’s Tron Kirk

The St George’s Tron Church, in Glasgow, Scotland, is a Church of Scotland church in the city centre, located in Nelson Mandela Place, previously known as St George’s Place. The property fronts onto Buchanan Street at West George Street, along from Queen Street Station.

Photos from 3 Apr 2011:

building pictures © Adrian Welch

It should not be confused with the 17th-century Tron Church, which lies to the south-west on Trongate and was redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre. It is located right on Buchanan Street, the busiest shopping street in Scotland.

St George’s Tron Glasgow photo from 2 Jun 2012:

photo © Adrian Welch

The building is a significant presence, and the oldest in the area. It stands as a terminating vista for West George Street.

The church opened in 1808, originally as St. George’s Parish Church, with the original congregation originating from the Wynd Church in the Merchant City near to the Trongate.

building pictures © Adrian Welch

In 1815 Thomas Chalmers, later to be the leader of the evangelical party in the disruption of 1843, became minister of the church. A merger with the Tron St Anne congregation (previously of the Laigh Kirk on Trongate) in 1940 led to the compound St George’s Tron name coming into use.

Picture of building up Buchanan Street from St George’s Tron Church:
The Athenaeum:

photo © Adrian Welch

Picture of building down Buchanan Street from St George’s Tron Church, at the corner of Nelson Mandela Square:

photo © Adrian Welch

Website: St George’s Tron Glasgow

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