St Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church, 6 Kilmacolm Road, Greenock

The presbytery of St Lawrence's Roman Catholic Church, located at 6 Kilmacolm Road in Greenock, was designed by Gillespie Kidd and Coia between 1951 and 1954. This large church features a Scandinavian-inspired design with an aisled nave, a low tower-chancel, and a shallow presbytery, all topped with steeply pitched roofs at different levels. The presbytery is positioned at right angles to the church and is connected by a transept. The building is constructed of red brick with sandstone dressings, and the roofs are slated.

The church has a 10-bay nave and aisles, with the tower chancel featuring one and two windows at varying heights. It also includes a shallow, windowless rectangular sanctuary with a glazed roof and a shallow projection for the porch. The windows in the aisles are small and rectangular, while those in the clearstory and tower are 'gothic' triangles. There are circular windows at the liturgical west end of the nave, the porch, and the liturgical east end of the tower. The liturgical west end of the nave showcases lean-to aisles, a porch with paired double doors, and a prominent steeply pitched pedimental gable that contains a pair of narrow rectangular windows with circular windows above.

The doorways are flanked by small square windows, which are repeated on either side of the porch. Notable architectural details include prominent sandstone skewputs and gable heads with diagonal brick coursing below the skews, extending well above the roofline on the geographical south side, where a tall transept is located. This transept features similar details to the church and connects to the presbytery, which has a flat roof and a tapering octagonal wooden ventilator.

Inside, the church has concrete ribs in a Gothic arched form that divide the bays, with smaller arches in the aisles. Above the clearstory level, there is a plastered pointed vault. The Stations of the Cross, created by William Crosbie, are located between the ribs for seven bays on each side. The chancel arch is set within a basic frame, and the sanctuary arch and reredos echo this form. The interior includes plain wooden pews, silvered light fittings, and a sanctuary lamp designed by Jack Mortimer, as well as an alabaster pulpit.

The presbytery itself is a low two-storey building with twelve bays and square windows. The church is situated on a brick-faced plinth and is surrounded by railings that continue as mixed walls and railings around the remaining sides. The railings are made of steel, with some elements echoing the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh.