Holy Family Roman Catholic Church And Presbytery, 2 Parkhill Avenue, Port Glasgow

Gillespie Kidd and Coia, 1946-59. Large Church with presbytery adjoining to N set into on steeply sloping site. Yellowish red facing brick with copper roofs.

CHURCH on rectangular plan, with low-pitched roof, 9 bays separated by plain pilasters continued to eaves as timber mullions. Within each bay tripartite clerestory windows below eaves E end bay set-back glazing. To S single storey flat-roofed aisle with continuous glazing at eaves and two wooden double doors. Set to N, at W end, severely plain bell tower with open top stage extending into tower stair hall and stair tower with two-level glazed corridor to church.

Iron cross at apex of windowless W gable of church. N elevation of church has bracketed vertical boarded timber flat-roofed cantilevered projection spanning 3 of church bays, with 9 narrow windows with mullions towards bottom.

INTERIOR: not seen.

PRESBYTERY: 2 storey and basement, rectangular, 8 bay, with cantilevered glazed rectangular bay at ground floor level of N side. Basement full storey on N side glazed with narrow horizontal windows. Glazed corridor to church.