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 in Gorbals
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.

Southside Church, Photo
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 Church
St Vincent Street photograph © AW
St Vincent Street Church

Gorbals Parish Church
Design: ADF Architects
Gorbals Parish Church
Gorbals architecture photo © Keith Hunter Photography
Gorbals Parish Church

Church of St Paul the Apostle
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 Cathedral

St Andrews Church

Scottish Churches

Glasgow Historic Building Designs

Historic Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection below:

Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street
Glasgow School of Art
photo © Adrian Welch
Glasgow School of Art

Custom House Building Renewal
Glasgow Custom House Development

City Chambers, George Square
City Chambers

Briggait Centre
Renewal Design: Nicoll Russell Studios Architects, Dundee
Briggait Centre

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