Ruchill Parish Church, 15 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Church.

Ruchill Parish Church, 15 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow

WRENN ID
open-gallery-thrush
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow North MP: Martin Rhodes (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Church
OS grid reference
NS 572 683
Coordinates
55.88676, -4.28331
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Ruchill Parish Church, built between 1903 and 1905 by Neil C Duff, is a tall perpendicular Gothic church located on Shakespeare Street in Glasgow. The church features a west tower and nave gable, a shallow north aisle, and is accompanied by a janitor's house and halls to the south, which are listed separately. The exterior is constructed of stugged red ashlar with polished dressings.

The southwest tower consists of three stages with angle buttresses and a door on the west face. Each face of the tower has twin louvred and cusped belfry openings, topped with a crenellated parapet and panelled angle pedestals. The wide west gable is buttressed and includes three square-headed cusped bipartite windows at the ground level, along with a large five-light perpendicular traceried window above, adorned with crocketted angle finials. The north elevation is plain, featuring six cross windows at the gallery level. The south side showcases three gables with triple light windows for the gallery, while the east end is apsed. A covered passage connects the church to the halls.

Inside, the church includes a north aisle passage, a nave, south and west galleries, and an apse. The north side features a low shallow arched moulded arcade, while the south side has a tall round arched arcade, both supported by drum columns. The gallery front is arcaded, and the chancel arch leads to an organ in the apse and a panelled pulpit. The interior is enhanced by delicate Art Nouveau stained glass.

Local climate

Ruchill Parish Church, 15 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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