Description

John Burnet Snr architect, 1874-5. French Gothic church
and halls; church with 4-bay aisles, nave and tower in
N W angle. Stugged coursed ashlar, stonecleaned; plate
tracery windows: many ornate features: gargoyle
spouts, grotesque corbels supporting pinnacles etc.
Clerestory windows set in gables at right angles to main
roof, above paired cusped lancets. West front:
pointed-arch entrance under gable with finial, flanked
by stepped buttresses; nook shafts and moulded reveals.
Paired doors with roll-moulded heads and dividing
trumeau. Above, paired pointed-arch 2-light windows
with simple geometric tracery; single round window in
gable. Tower in 3-stages with engaged stair turret to W.
Door in N side under pointed arch with moulded reveals.
Upper stage with paired lancet openings. Facetted spire
rises from tower; at base columned pinnacle-niches with
figures of saints at angles; lucarnes between.
Galleried interior: slender cast-iron columns with
decorative capitals support pointed arch arcade
separating 4-bay aisles from wide nave. Gallery to 3
sides with cusped panel front. Supported to W by
wooden corbels and to N and S by aisle arcades. Carved
oak reredos with organ and pulpit incorporated. Tie beam
roof with flat decorative timber ceiling supported on
wooden corbels; vaulting over side galleries. Vestry and
hall to East.

Statement of Interest

Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Formerly

Woodlands Church (U.P.)

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• St. Jude's Church, Glasgow at Wikipedia
• St. Jude's Church, Glasgow official website
• Wikidata Q2687116

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Recommended Books

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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments