Shettleston New Church

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Shettleston New Church
Shettleston New Parish Church
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Shettleston New Church
55°51′08″N4°09′44″W / 55.852172°N 4.162233°W / 55.852172; -4.162233
Location Glasgow
Country Scotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website shettlestonnewchurch.com
History
Former name(s)Eastbank Parish Church
StatusActive
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Architect(s) W. G. Rowan
Architectural typeChurch
Style Neo-Gothic
Years built1901–1904
Groundbreaking 11 October 1902
Specifications
Number of spires 1
Administration
Presbytery Presbytery of Glasgow
Parish Shettleston
Clergy
Minister(s) Louis Reddick
Listed Building – Category B
Designated15 December 1970
Reference no. LB33641

Shettleston New Church is an early 20th-century church building of the Church of Scotland in the Shettleston district of Glasgow, Scotland.

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History of the church building

The church was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by W. G. Rowan in 1897. It was built between 1901 and 1904 using Old Red Sandstone. [1] The memorial stone was laid on 11 October 1902. A steeple with a spire was also built with buttresses stepped in at the narrow top. Art nouveau sculptures were also built at the doorway, including a big traceried gable window over the west door. The church hall was built in 1899. [2]

Interior

The interior roof of the church is made of 90 square panels which include the inscription of the Te Deum. The pipe organ was installed in 1904 and is still in use. The large stained glass window above the main door is a WWI memorial.

History of the congregation

The parish was founded by the United Presbyterian Church in 1896, where services where held at Eastmuir School. Once the church was built, the congregation became known as Eastbank United Free Church after the union between the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church. [3] It then became Eastbank Parish Church after the union with the Church of Scotland in 1929. It retained that name for most of its existence until 2007 when the congregation of Carntyne Old Church (converted into flats) united with Eastbank to form Shettleston New Church. [4]

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References

  1. "Glasgow, 679 Old Shettleston Road, Eastbank Church", canmore. Retrieved on 26 October 2020.
  2. "679 OLD SHETTLESTON ROAD, EASTBANK PARISH CHURCH AND HALL WITH RAILINGS AND GATEPIERS", Historic Scotland . Retrieved on 26 October 2020.
  3. "Eastbank Parish Church", The Glasgow Story. Retrieved on 26 October 2020.
  4. "About Shettleston New Church", Shettleston New Church. Retrieved on 26 October 2020.