St Vincent Street United Presbyterian Church, 265 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

St Vincent Street United Presbyterian Church, located at 265 St Vincent Street in Glasgow, was designed by Alexander Thomson (A and G Thomson) and built between 1857 and 1859. This church is an individually interpreted example of Greek Revival architecture. It features a rectangular temple plan with lower aisles raised on a full-storey podium that contains halls and other rooms, all set on a graduated plinth. A tall rectangular tower at the northeast is connected to the lower section and extends into the main body of the church behind the temple front.

The exterior is constructed of ashlar stone and showcases hexastyle fluted Ionic temple fronts on the north and south sides, complete with an entablature and a pediment adorned with antefixae and an acroterion. The clerestory has dwarf pilasters and ramped blind openings on the returns, while the aisles are also pilastered.

On the ground floor, the outer bays are symmetrical with anta and pedimented doorpieces set in die walls, linked by an entablature. The central bays feature narrow windows with dwarf pilasters. The west return to Pitt Street, which is on a slope, includes a recessed side entrance with console brackets, continuous architraved small windows on the ground floor, and paterae repeated at the rear elevation. There is a pedimented doorpiece set in a glazed pilastrade on the rear elevation.

The tower is made of banded ashlar and has ramped openings with recessed anta mullions, as well as oblong openings featuring anthemion on panels. It includes a consoled recessed panel, clock faces, and ramped doors on each side. The tower is topped with pinnacles and a bell-shaped cupola supported by a squat column colonnade, with the upper part featuring open ribs.

Inside, the church has an unusual arrangement where the floor is situated in the upper part of the substructure, meaning that only the gallery level and above are within the "temple." The galleries and clerestory are supported by stylised Greek cast-iron columns, and the end walls are decorated with pilasters. The pulpit is set within panelling, and the ceiling features coffered decorations.