Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church is a

Parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

of the

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that covers the

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, Kelvinhaugh and

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areas of

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History

The church was built in the

Neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style between 1854 and 1856, on designs by

John Thomas Emmett John Thomas Emmett (18 August 1823 - 3 August 1898) was an English architect and designer based in London. Life He was born on 18 August 1823, the son of John Emmett and Mary Saunders. By 1846 he was working in practice at 11 Beaufort Build ...

, but then completed by John Honeyman. It was established as a chapel of ease for the south-west parish of the

Barony Church Barony Hall, also known as Barony Church, is a red sandstone Victorian neo-Gothic-style building on Castle Street in the Townhead area of Glasgow, Scotland, near Glasgow Cathedral, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the city's oldest surviving house, ...

, and became Sandyford Parish Church of the

in 1864. In 1938, it united with Henderson Memorial to form Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church.

Works of Art

The church includes a number of stained glass windows in geometric/floral patterns made by Ballantine & Allan in 1857. The three pictorial west windows are the work of

William Wailes William Wailes (1808–1881) was the proprietor of one of England's largest and most prolific stained glass workshops. Life and career Wailes was born and grew up in Newcastle on Tyne, England's centre of domestic glass and bottle manufacturing. ...

, and which were made between 1859 and 1860. The stained glass windows were restored between 2008 and 2009. A

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memorial was installed in the church in 1922 remembering the 20 men from the parish who died in the war. The exterior stonework of the church was restored in 2000, and an interior refurbishment was carried out in 2004."SANDYFORD HENDERSON CHURCH, GLASGOW"
''Scotland's Churches Trust''. Retrieved on 5 August 2020.

References

{{Reflist Churches completed in 1856 Church of Scotland churches in Glasgow Listed churches in Glasgow Category B listed buildings in Glasgow 1854 establishments in Scotland 19th-century Church of Scotland church buildings