Basic Site Details Name: | RC Church of the Immaculate Conception | Town, district or village: | Maryhill | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | replaced 'large dwelling-house with extensive grounds. The entrance avenue retained and widened...The house, lodge, other outbuildings and walls have been demolished...Along the road frontage the existing high stone wall has been taken down to a height of 2 ft. An equilateral triangle representing the Holy Trinity was chosen as the [design] theme...motif is echoed in the reinforced concrete frames of the structure.' Red tile roof, 'external walls and infill panels, with the exception of the front gable of the church [a marble mosiac panel of the Madonna and Child meas. 75 ft. from base to apex], are in facing brick.' The plan includes: entrance hall, baptistery, mortuary chapel, nave, confessionals, transepts, sanctuary, side altars, high altar, priest's sacristy, safe, boys' sacristy, cloakroom, other subsidiary rooms including dining facilities and a kitchen. per Builder 27 June 1958, p1162-65
Artist/sculptor - Jack Mortimer | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 2049, Maryhill Road | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1955 | 1956 | Build/construction | | | 13 October 1958 | | Design exhibited | at '97th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts...(No. 212) is illustrated by a watercolour perspective.' per Builder 7 Nov 1958 p773 | | 1960 | | Won award or awards | Civic Trust Award Class I - Design Commended | | c. 198 | | Destruction/demolition | Church demolished but presbytery still survives |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Glendinning, M, MacInnes, R and MacKechnie, A | 1996 | A History of Scottish Architecture | | | p562 | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p5 Image | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p405 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Building News | 18 April 1962 | | | | | Builder | 27 June 1958 | | | 'Church of the Immaculate Conception, Maryhill, Glasgow' pp1162-1165; includes interior and exterior photos, sections and ground floor plan | | Builder | 7 November 1958 | | | 'Architecture at the Royal Glasgow Institute Exhibition: Standard Higher than in Recent Years' p773 | | Builder | 18 August 1961 | | | 'Civic Trust Design Awards, 1960 - Results of Competitions in the County Boroughs, The Awards, Scotland' pp304-305 |
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