Hall, Belhaven United Presbyterian Church, 27-29 Dundonald Road, Glasgow is a Grade B listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Church. 1 related planning application.

Hall, Belhaven United Presbyterian Church, 27-29 Dundonald Road, Glasgow

WRENN ID
rusted-dormer-peregrine
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
Glasgow City
Constituency
Glasgow West MP: Patricia Ferguson (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
15 December 1970
Type
Church
Address
Hall, Belhaven United Presbyterian Church, 27-29 Dundonald Road, Glasgow, G12 9LJ
OS grid reference
NS 562 674
Coordinates
55.87905, -4.29912
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

The Hall of Belhaven United Presbyterian Church, located at 27-29 Dundonald Road in Glasgow, was designed by architect James Sellars and constructed between 1876 and 1877. This apsidal church is built in the Normandy Gothic style and is oriented north to south. The exterior features stugged coursed ashlar with polished margins and dressings, highlighted by a main northern facade with a heavily buttressed gable that rises to 90 feet.

At ground level, there are three pairs of pointed-arch windows with colonnette mullions. Above these, three tall lancet windows are supported by two orders of nook shafts, and a blind arcade connects the buttresses below the gable head. This gable is flanked by octagonal pinnacles and includes a rose window. To the right, steps lead to a simply decorated pointed arch portal adorned with a band of foliate carving. A transcept-like tower rises above, containing a gallery stair. The aisles feature four 3-light clerestory windows, and the roofs are covered with slate.

Inside, the church has undergone some recent minor modifications to accommodate Greek Orthodox worship, but many original features remain intact. There is a four-arch arcade supported by octagonal columns, and a gallery to the north that is supported on brackets with a panelled front. The southern apse houses the organ and features a modern Byzantine screen with five pendant arches and icons, which incorporates part of the original screen as balustrading. A carved octagonal timber pulpit and stained glass by Stephen Adam from 1877 are also notable interior elements, along with a timber-lined collar-beam roof. The hall and vestry are located to the east.

Local climate

Hall, Belhaven United Presbyterian Church, 27-29 Dundonald Road, 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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