Main Street, Coldside Parish Church

Alexander Johnston, 1874-81 (including smaller adjoining chapel/hall to N, 1875 attributed to Maclaren and Aitken; and Boyd Hall to E, 1933 by Joseph Johnston - see Notes). Large, T-plan, Lancet Gothic church with crowstep-gabled tower on triangular site at corner of Main Street and Isla Street. Squared and snecked rubble with pale sandstone ashlar dressings and in-and-out quoins.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: gable with 5 vestibule windows to ground; hoodmoulds to 3-light window above. Battlemented porch in NW angle; narrow, 65ft 5-stage tower to SW corner with bowed stair projection; louvred bipartite openings to bell chamber; saddle-back roof with crow-stepped gables on two sides and corbelled parapet course.

N and S ELEVATIONS: buttressed with gabled transepts to E end.

Extending from N transept: single-storey session hall/chapel (1875) with octagonal plan to W front and bowed ante-room outshot to far N with bowed wallhead stack breaking eaves; overhanging eaves with exposed timber brackets.

BOYD HALL (to E): single storey, rectangular plan. Quadripartite window to S (Main Street) with keystoned occulus to gable above. Dentiled eaves course to E. Timber panelled door to outer left bay. Louvred ventilator with pyramid cap to centre ridge.

INTERIOR: broad nave/chancel with wire brace and tie-beam roof; gallery to W with organ by Foster and Andrews. Early 20th century stained glass to E wall, by Arthur and Charles Moore. Yellow-tinted glazing with amber borders to N, S and W.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: square-plan gatepiers with decorative caps to W point of triangular site. Squared and snecked rubble walls with ashlar coping to street facing elevations. Cast-iron gates and railings.