Basic Site Details Name: | Queen's Park UP Church and Hall | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Builder John McIntyre. Cost £6,922 6s 2d (including architects' fee of £314 5s 0d) to build. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Queen's Park East United Free Church | | 1900-1929 | | Queen's Park St George's Church | | From 1929 |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Langside Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1868 | 1869 | Construction | | | November 1869 | | | Church opened | | 1880 | | | Additional hall added | | 1881(?) | | | New organ and screen and renewal of colouring | | 14 March 1943 | | | Destroyed by bombs in WWII |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | A & G Thomson | | A | 1868 | 1869 | | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1868 | 1869 | | | George Thomson | | A | 1868 | 1869 | | | Daniel Cottier | | | After 1868 | | Decoration/glass | | John Thomson | | B | 1881(?) | | New organ and screen and renewal of colouring |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Queen's Park United Presbyterian Congregation | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Aikman, J Logie | 1875 | Historical Notices of the United Presbyterian Congregations in Glasgow | | Glasgow 1875 | | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Barclay, David | 1904 | Greek Thomson: his life and opinions | | Architectural Review May 1904 | | | Donnelly, Max | 1999 | Daniel Cottier, Pioneer of Aestheticism | | The Decorative Arts Society Journal, 23, pp 33-51 | pp 38-9 | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1869 | | | | 703 | | Law, Graham | 1954 | Greek Thomson | cxv, May 1954 | Architectural Review, May 1954 (Publication of 1960 Cambridge dissertation, original at NMRS) | | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | p158 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | British Architect | 1 May 1874 | | | p282 | | Building News | 7 February 1868 | | | p91 | | Building News | 11 September 1868 | | | | | Building News | 13 April 1888 | | | Illustration | | Building News | 27 April 1888 | | | Illustration | | Evening Times | 9 October 1893 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | |
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