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Holy Family Roman Catholic Church And Presbytery, 2 Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow

A Category A Listed Building in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.9286 / 55°55'43"N

Longitude: -4.6587 / 4°39'31"W

OS Eastings: 233994

OS Northings: 673809

OS Grid: NS339738

Mapcode National: GBR 0H.ZHDP

Mapcode Global: WH2MK.D7TW

Plus Code: 9C7QW8HR+CG

Entry Name: Holy Family Roman Catholic Church And Presbytery, 2 Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow

Listing Name: 2 Parkhill Avenue, Holy Family Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery

Listing Date: 23 September 1994

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 385971

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB40088

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Port Glasgow, 2 Parkhill Avenue, Holy Family Roman Catholic Church And Presbytery

ID on this website: 200385971

Location: Port Glasgow

County: Inverclyde

Town: Port Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Inverclyde East

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

Tagged with: Church building

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Description

Gillespie Kidd and Coia, 1946-59. Large Church with presbytery adjoining to N set into on steeply sloping site. Yellowish red facing brick with copper roofs.

CHURCH on rectangular plan, with low-pitched roof, 9 bays separated by plain pilasters continued to eaves as timber mullions. Within each bay tripartite clerestory windows below eaves E end bay set-back glazing. To S single storey flat-roofed aisle with continuous glazing at eaves and two wooden double doors. Set to N, at W end, severely plain bell tower with open top stage extending into tower stair hall and stair tower with two-level glazed corridor to church.

Iron cross at apex of windowless W gable of church. N elevation of church has bracketed vertical boarded timber flat-roofed cantilevered projection spanning 3 of church bays, with 9 narrow windows with mullions towards bottom.

INTERIOR: not seen.

PRESBYTERY: 2 storey and basement, rectangular, 8 bay, with cantilevered glazed rectangular bay at ground floor level of N side. Basement full storey on N side glazed with narrow horizontal windows. Glazed corridor to church.

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