St. Vincent Street Church is a

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

church on St. Vincent Street in

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. It was designed by

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(also known as "Greek" Thomson) and built from 1857 to 1859 for the former

United Presbyterian Church of Scotland The United Presbyterian Church (1847–1900) was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination. It was formed in 1847 by the union of the United Secession Church and the Relief Church, and in 1900 merged with the Free Church of Scotland to form the Uni ...

. Elements (probably the tower) are by Thomson's young assistant, the church architect Robert Gordon Wilson, who was a member of the UP church. It is a Category A

listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

. The church building is owned by Glasgow City Council, but is currently used by a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland: Glasgow City Free Church. In 1998 the building was listed in the

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by the

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, and again in 2004 and 2006. The Fund helped restore the tower, with support from American Express.

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Photographs on the Glasgow Guide websiteWebsite of Glasgow City Free Church
Internal and external photographs {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Vincent Street Church Glasgow Churches in Glasgow Category A listed buildings in Glasgow Listed churches in Glasgow Churches completed in 1859 19th-century Presbyterian churches Alexander Greek Thomson buildings 19th-century churches in the United Kingdom

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