St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, 300 Great Western Road, Glasgow

St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, located at 300 Great Western Road in Glasgow, was designed by architect George Gilbert Scott and constructed between 1871 and 1878, with the spire completed by John Oldrid Scott in 1893. This cruciform church features aisles and early English detailing, characterized by simple tracery. The exterior is constructed with stugged and snecked ashlar wallings, complemented by polished freestone ashlar margins.

The cathedral has a 5-bay nave with angle buttressed aisles and round clerestory windows that are linked by a blind arcade. The west front showcases three tall lancets above a pointed-arch portal, which is topped by three gablets and includes recessed paired cusp-head doors. There are five plate tracery aisle windows and a corbel course at the eaves, with slate roofs throughout.

A tower is situated at the southeast angle, consisting of three main stages with angle buttresses. The lowest stage is plain with lancet windows, while the second stage features lancets arranged in groups of three. The third stage includes plate tracery louvered openings and a deep band of ornamental diaper work in the spandrels. Above this, there is a corbel table with a parapet and bartizans at the angles. The tower culminates in a facetted spire, which has slender window lucarnes at the cardinal points and sculptured figures of saints at the angles. The spire tapers to a point beneath a ball finial and metal cross.

Inside, the cathedral has a five-arch arcade on piers and clustered columns that separate the nave from the aisles. The open timber roof features trusses that rest on engaged stone columns, while the crossing boasts a fan-vaulted roof. The octagonal ashlar pulpit is supported by polished granite colonnettes, and the font, also on a marble base, has an octagonal ashlar basin on polished granite colonnettes, topped with an elaborate carved oak canopy. The organ is located in the south transept, and there is a wrought-iron chancel screen. A carved oak reredos by R Lorimer, with painted panels by Phoebe Traquair from around 1920-21, adds to the interior's richness. The stained glass, created around 1880, is by John Hardman and Co from London and Birmingham.