St Francis Roman Catholic Church, 403-405 Cumberland Street, Glasgow

St Francis Roman Catholic Church, located at 403-405 Cumberland Street in Glasgow, is a large Gothic church originally designed by Gilbert Blount in 1868. It was rebuilt by Pugin and Pugin between 1878 and 1881, with the chancel and chapels completed in 1895. The church features a nave and aisles that face the street, constructed from stone-cleaned rock-faced ashlar.

The church has a lofty gable with a double doorway that is deeply recessed beneath a large pointed opening. Above this, there are three tall stepped lights and a figure in a canopied niche at the gable head. To the left, there is a projecting stair turret, and the front of each aisle has doors and windows set in tall recessed panels. A side chapel is located to the right, while grouped lancets adorn the flanks. The chancel is semi-octagonal, and the roofs are covered with slate and topped with decorative iron cresting. Iron railings line the street.

Inside, the church boasts an elaborate design with pointed aisle arcades supported by circular columns, a white marble altar, and a series of leaded glass windows. The pulpit, crafted by Boulton of Cheltenham, is made of alabaster and marble and features relief panels in Caen stone.

Adjacent to the church is the presbytery range, also designed by Pugin and Pugin. This building is Gothic in style but plainer and constructed from lighter-coloured ashlar. It has two storeys with attics and features mostly mullioned windows with two-centred-arched heads, wall-head dormers, and slate roofs.