St Cyprian's Episcopal Church, Beech Road, Lenzie

Alexander Ross of Inverness, architect. Dated 1873.

Rectangular plan Gothic church; south wall has 3-stage

square tower at east end, gabled porch at west hall and

vestry at north rebuilt 1926; modern hall at east.

Stugged and snecked ashlar with polished dressings.

Tower (strings divide stages) has engaged octagonal

stair angle turret latter with facetted and finialed

store spire former pyramidal with lucarnes. Tower

has lancets to lower stage, small cusped openings 2nd

stage; louvered, hood-moulded openings at top stage

with nook shafts, gargoyles at angles continuous band

above has quatrefoil panels. Porch has hood-moulded

south-facing door, with 2 stumpy nook shafts with

foliated capitals (datestone above) Lancets to bays;

hood-moulded 3-light west window, plate-traceried

east window. String at cill level. Stylised masks at

eaves; straight skews; cross-finialed gables; slate

roof.

Interior: colourful effect produced by use of

contrasting materials; ornate wrought-iron rood screen;

chancel arch with dogtooth ornamented arch supported by

engaged columns with foliated capitals; open timber

roof on carved corbels; aumbry on chancel north wall

below 3-light window. Some leaded glass panels.

Octagonal pulpit. Substantial slate-roofed timber

lych gate to south west a war memorial.