Langside Hill Church, 16 Algie Street, Glasgow

Langside Hill Church, built between 1894 and 1896 by Alexander Skirving, was originally designed as a free church but has been empty and neglected since 1989. It is situated on a prominent site on Langside Hill, with its main entrance facing Battle Place. The church features a "Thomsonesque" style, characterized by a wide triple-entrance porch and an Ionic hexastyle portico, which is adorned with acroteria and an uncarved tympanum. The side aisles exhibit more Roman than Greek influences, recessed behind curved staircase bays that are channelled at the ground level, with windows above separated by pilasters. The aisles are topped with outer pediments and have round-arched gallery windows. The building is primarily constructed of snecked and squared rubble, with polished ashlar dressings and a main front. The roof is slated or concealed. At the rear, there are halls. The church is enclosed by stone boundary retaining walls that are stepped to follow the slope, complemented by high-quality cast-iron railings featuring anthemion details. The gatepiers are made of channelled ashlar, with decorative cast-iron lamp brackets on the piers at the main front.