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St Martin's R.C. Church, 201 Ardencraig Road, Castlemilk, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Glasgow, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8014 / 55°48'5"N

Longitude: -4.2202 / 4°13'12"W

OS Eastings: 260929

OS Northings: 658690

OS Grid: NS609586

Mapcode National: GBR 3T.7FRT

Mapcode Global: WH4QM.4FNX

Plus Code: 9C7QRQ2H+HW

Entry Name: St Martin's R.C. Church, 201 Ardencraig Road, Castlemilk, Glasgow

Listing Name: 201 Ardencraig Road, Castlemilk, St Martin's Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery

Listing Date: 23 September 1994

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 377582

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33701

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200377582

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Linn

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

Tagged with: Parish church

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Description

Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, 1961. Church and presbytery to N. Concrete and facing brick (now rendered), copper roofs.

CHURCH: trapezoidal on plan, with apse containing altar. Small irregularly-placed rectangular windows, glazed with coloured glass, at ground, main lighting from roof, which tapers down from apse to ecclesiastical W on variable pitch. Deep concrete eaves band, with plain cope. Apse roof flat.

INTERIOR: Pointed grey brick, polished wood. Confessionals at N, choir gallery over entrance.

PRESBYTERY: 2-storey and basement, set into hillside, with monopitch roof. Irregular rectilinear glazing in 1920s Dutch style. Vaulted concrete ceilings.

ROADWAY AND STAIRS: Sloping site dictates extensive stairways, concrete with steel rails, and ramped roadway and car park hard landcaped with lines and patches of granite setts.

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