W.G. Rowan (McKissack and Rowan), 1875-9.

W G Rowan (of McKissack and Rowan), 1875-9 as a Free church, latterly Pollokshields West Church. Thomsonesque Greek, and on corner site; lofty square tower at corner (like Thomson's towers) has walls mainly blank below decorative top stage, open-worked domed lantern raised above; 3 elevations of body of church have Ionic portico raised above podium (again, an arrangement favoured by Thomson). Polished ashlar, slate roofs, pediments with anthemion finials; shallow Doric portico to Shields Road with triple doorway; square-ended chancel not original (?1923). Interior remodelled 1923; stained glass panels by Alfred Webster and Nina Millar Davidson. Stone-built boundary wall has piers with Egypto-Greek ornament.

References

https://www.trove.scot/designation/LB33482

https://www.pollokshieldschurch.org.uk/the-church/history/pollokshileds-west-uf-church/ Image credit

https://www.pollokshieldschurch.org.uk/the-church/history/pollokshileds-west-uf-church/pollokshields-west-uf-church-18751925.php Church history

Related links

https://www.trove.scot/place/160943

https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/apex/r/dsa/dsa/buildings?session=13693508425496

https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/apex/f?p=1505:300:::::VIEWTYPE,VIEWREF:designation,LB33482

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