Eastwood Parish Church, 5 Mansewood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 October 1985. Church. 3 related planning applications.

Eastwood Parish Church, 5 Mansewood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow

WRENN ID
dreaming-garret-wagtail
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow South MP: Gordon McKee (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
3 October 1985
Type
Church
Address
Eastwood Parish Church, 5 Mansewood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow, G43 1TW
OS grid reference
NS 559 606
Coordinates
55.81738, -4.30124
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Eastwood Parish Church, located at 5 Mansewood Road in Pollokshaws, Glasgow, was designed by Charles Wilson, who passed away before its completion. The church was finished by David Thomsson, with the foundation stone laid in November 1862 and the church officially opened in 1863. Some reconstruction took place in 1932 by W Baillie. The church features a cruciform plan in a transitional Gothic style, with a tower and spire at the west end. It is constructed of squared rubble with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof.

The tower has angle buttresses and a tall lower stage that includes a gabled entrance under a pointed arch supported by nook shafts, with a tall cusped light above. The upper stage features paired louvered lights set within a rectangular panel, topped by a broached spire and lucarnes. The tower is flanked by staircase projections. The transepts and the eastern end of the church are designed with a "Crown of Thorns" window inspired by Melrose Abbey, along with cusped traceried and arched windows below.

Inside, the church has deep galleries in the north, south, and west arms, with a narthex at the west that opens into the main body of the church. The interior boasts a very wide span laminated timber roof. The organ, pulpit, and communion table date from around 1900. The church features memorial stained glass windows created between the 1870s and 1964, including works by Guthrie and Wells, as well as J G and C E Stewart.

Additionally, there is a retiring room at the rear of the west gallery dedicated to Sir John Maxwell. The church bell was made by John C Wilson and Co and was presented by Walter Crum, who is also commemorated with a memorial window.

Local climate

Eastwood Parish Church, 5 Mansewood Road, Pollokshaws, Glasgow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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