Glasgow Necropolis Monuments, Statues

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Glasgow Necropolis : Scottish City Graveyard

Key Monuments + Architects at this Victorian cemetery in Strathclyde, southwest Scotland, UK

post updated 21 September 2023

Glasgow Necropolis – John Knox Statue: Doric column

Date built: 1825

Architect: Thomas Hamilton

Glasgow Necropolis

Photographs from 1968 visit by Norwegian architecture student Dag Nilsen:

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Scottish Victorian cemetery photographs © Dag Nilsen

Necropolis Glasgow

The Glasgow Necropolis is a Victorian cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland. It is on a low but very prominent hill to the east of Glasgow Cathedral (St. Mungo’s Cathedral). Fifty thousand individuals have been buried here.

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photos © Dag Nilsen

Typical for the period, only a small percentage are named on monuments and not every grave has a stone. Approximately 3,500 monuments exist here.

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photos © Dag Nilsen

Predating the cemetery, the statue of John Knox sitting on a column at the top of the hill, dates from 1825. The first burials were in 1832 in the extreme north-east on the lowest ground and were exclusively for Jewish burials.

Alexander Thomson designed a number of its tombs, and John Bryce and David Hamilton designed other architecture for the grounds.

Glasgow Necropolis Photos from 10 Feb 2011

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photographs © Adrian Welch

Thomas Hamilton (1784 – 1858) was born in Glasgow. Most of his buildings were located in the Scottish capital. He was based in Edinburgh where he designed many of that city’s prominent buildings.

Thomas Hamilton

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Glasgow Architecture

Major Strathclyde Building Designs – selection:

Glasgow Cathedral
Cathedral Square Glasgow
photo © Adrian Welch

Glasgow Museum of Religion
St Mungo Museum Glasgow
photo © Adrian Welch
Restoration project adjacent to St Mungo’s Cathedral by one of Scotland’s key restoration architects.

Calton New Burial Ground

Another Ancient Scottish graveyard – in the capital:

Calton Old Graveyard

Glasgow Building Designs

Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection below:

Burrell Museum – Art Fund Museum Of The Year 2023
Burrell Museum Glasgow building interior
photo © Janie Airey Art Fund 2023
Burrell Museum

Custom House Building Renewal
River Clyde of Artisan's Custom House development
image courtesy of Artisan Real Estate
Glasgow Custom House Development

House for an Art Lover
House for an Art Lover
photo © Adrian Welch

Glasgow School of Art
GSA Building
photo © Adrian Welch

Briggait Centre : Nicoll Russell Studios
Briggait Centre Building
photo : Andrew Lee

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