Latitude: 55.8953 / 55°53'43"N
Longitude: -4.3417 / 4°20'30"W
OS Eastings: 253664
OS Northings: 669390
OS Grid: NS536693
Mapcode National: GBR 006.YF
Mapcode Global: WH3P1.82RW
Plus Code: 9C7QVMW5+48
Entry Name: St Margaret's Church, 1996 Great Western Road, Glasgow
Listing Name: 1996 Great Western Road, Knightswood Cross, Knightswood Road, St Margaret's Church (Church of Scotland)
Listing Date: 15 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 374151
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32274
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: 1996 Great Western Road, St Margaret's Church
ID on this website: 200374151
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Drumchapel/Anniesland
Traditional County: Dunbartonshire
Tagged with: Church building
TALL SADDLE-BACK EAST TOWER (liturgical west) with gabletted crow-stepped gables and apex pediments. Entrance with shaped lintel to south face. Narrow loophole windows to east, tall continuous, round-arched architraved panel over louvred for bellcote at upper part.
ELEVATION TO SOUTH: Four regular simple round-arched narrow windows flanked by short parapet sections with two and three-light windows, oval window lighting chancel.
ELEVATION TO WEST: (liturgical east) narrow window, oculus in gable. Simply-detailed attached halls to west, L-plan.
ELEVATION TO NORTH: semi-engaged turret with pepper-pot roof to east, three transeptal chapels.
INTERIOR: rock-faced, snecked rubble. North arcade elliptically arched with west gallery with carved timber front. Timber chancel fittings, furniture, pulpit and lectern. Marble font. Three-light stained glass chancel window, south and east (west) wall by Alexander Russell (Dundee).
Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Influenced by Matthew's partner Sir Robert Lorimer.
In the gallery there is an organ dating from 1865-6 by Henry Willis & Co, a prominent English organ builder of the 19th century. It was originally built for Townhead Blochairn Parish Church (this church is now largely demolished) and was moved to this location in 2003 (The National Pipe Organ Register).
The statement of special interest and bibliography was updated in 2025.
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