Sherbrooke Mosspark Parish Church, also known as Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, is a congregation of the

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serving the

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, Dumbreck and

Mosspark Mosspark ( gd, Pàirc na Mòna) is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, in the southwest of the city. History Mosspark and the lands of East and Mid-Henderston were incorporated into Glasgow in ...

areas on the south side of

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. It is within the Church of Scotland's

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History

The church was designed by the architect William Forsyth McGibbon in a 13th-century

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. The hall was completed in 1894 and the church itself in 1900, as ''Sherbrooke United Free Church'', taking its name from the address on Sherbrooke Avenue, which in turn originated from the first family to make their home on the street, who had links to

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in Canada. In 1929, the

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united with the Church of Scotland.Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
LocalPrayers During World War II, the Sherbrooke congregation was joined by that of nearby St Gilbert's Parish Church (which had been part of the pre-1929 Church of Scotland); the St Gilbert's building, completed in 1911, remained unused for a few years before being transported brick-by-brick to a new location away at Burnside, South Lanarkshire, where it remains in use today as a prominent local feature. Another merger occurred in late 2017 when

Parish Church, serving the neighbourhood to the west of Pollokshields, joined to create the current Sherbrooke Mosspark Parish Church. The Mosspark buildings on Ashkirk Drive, dating from 1927, were taken over and renovated by the

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's Glasgow branch.

Building

The church building is located at 240 Nithsdale Road, close to

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. It is a ''Category B''

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. Whilst nearing the completion of a major refurbishment to celebrate the congregation's centenary, the church was destroyed by a serious fire in 1994.Sherbrooke-St Gilbert's Church
Pollokshields Heritage The burnt-out shell of the building was, however, able to be restored by the architect James Cuthbertson, with the work completed by 1998. A new 3 manual Lammermuir pipe organ was installed. The rebuilt sanctuary has notable, modern

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windows.

Ministry

Past ministers include Very Rev

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from around 1928 to 1952 when he was elected

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. The current minister (since 2003) is the Reverend Thomas L. Pollock.Church of Scotland Yearbook 2007-8, p. 177,

External links

Sherbrooke Mosspark Church
- official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherbrooke St Gilberts Church Church of Scotland churches in Glasgow Category B listed buildings in Glasgow Listed churches in Glasgow Pollokshields 1894 establishments in Scotland Churches completed in 1900

History

Building

Ministry

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