St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 6 July 1966. Church. 2 related planning applications.
St George's Tron Parish Church, 163 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- night-cupola-shade
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1966
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
St George's Tron Parish Church, located at 163 Buchanan Street in Glasgow, was designed by William Stark in 1807. This classical church features a polished ashlar exterior and has a rectangular plan with an eastern main entrance and a Baroque steeple.
The eastern vestibule section, which faces Buchanan Street, has three bays and is distinguished by four giant, semi-engaged Doric columns and a continuous plinth. The central entrance is consoled and corniced, flanked by similar windows, with a keyblocked lunette above. Rectangular stairlights are located on either side, and there is an eaves cornice along with a balustraded parapet in the outer bays. The north and south returns each have a single bay with altered consoled, corniced entrances featuring fanlights and a recessed, arched keyblocked window above. The side elevations are made of droved ashlar and are slightly recessed, with basement and margin-glazed windows at the ground and gallery levels.
The steeple is three stages high, with the first stage featuring a balustraded parapet and giant square angle pilasters. It has arched belfry openings with louvres and a plain entablature. The second stage also has a balustraded parapet, with four octagonal angle piers topped by obelisks, flanking a slender upper stage that includes arched louvred belfry openings and a plain entablature. The third stage has scrolled angle supports and a clock on each face, with a circular dwarf Doric colonnade surmounted by an obelisk.
The rear elevation consists of four bays, with the outer bays being blind. It features a simple gable pediment with a stack and two tall, narrow, round-headed windows, along with a low wing projecting from the central bays.
Inside, the church is galleried with slim cast-iron columns and has a flat ceiling with a shallow, transverse barrel vault beneath the gallery. A circular marble pulpit is also present.
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- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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