St Vincent Street Church, Architect, Photos, Architecture, Location, Images
St Vincent Street Church
Alexander Thomson Building in Glasgow, Strathclyde, western Scotland, UK
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St Vincent St Church
Date built: 1859
Architect: Greek Thomson
Address: 265 St Vincent St
Location: just west of city centre
Photograph from 1968 visit by Norwegian architecture student Dag Nilsen:
photo © Dag Nilsen
St. Vincent Street Church is a free Church of Scotland, evangelical & presbyterian church in central Glasgow.
building – north facade from east: image © Adrian Welch
The building is surrounded by modern high-rises and requires investment / refurbishment.
St Vincent St Church Architect : Greek Thomson
building – north facade from west: image © Adrian Welch
It’s all Greek to us
“A council has come under fire from conservationists who claim it has not done enough to restore a city centre church regarded as one of the most important 19th century monuments in Scotland….Five years ago the World Monuments Fund in Britain (WMF), a conservation charity, helped complete a £5 million restoration project on the spire of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson’s St Vincent Street Church in Glasgow, which was built in 1859…..’I sometimes wonder whether Glasgow realises what an architectural masterpiece the city has at the centre….St Vincent Street Church is of international importance as the greatest work by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson that survives’.”
Scotsman 10 Jun 2002
building detail – west facade: image © Adrian Welch
St Vincent Street Church context : The Pinnacle building
Architecture in Strathclyde
Historic Glasgow : best buildings of the past
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St Andrews Church
Glasgow School of Art Building
photo © Adrian Welch
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St Vincent Street Church Glasgow – page
Website: Glasgow Strathclyde