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Cathcart Trinity Church
Cathcart Trinity Church is one of two Church of Scotland Parish church, parish churches in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. History of the building The church was designed by William Gardner Rowan in a richly decorated Gothic Revival architecture, Neo-Gothic style. The foundation stone was laid on 8 April 1893, with the building being completed a year later, officially opening on 3 May 1894. The old church hall was the original church, having been built in 1889. Another hall, named the Buchanan Hall, was built in 1912. Architecture The church includes an elaborate pinnacled buttressed front, that includes a central window with Art Nouveau stained glass above the centre door. A ventilator tower was also added to the slated roof. History of the congregation The church was founded as the Cathcart United Presbyterian Church. After the United Presbyterian Church (Scotland), United Presbyterian Church united with the Free Church of Scotland (1843–1900), Free Church of Scotland in 1900 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
