St John's Episcopal Church, St John Street, Coatbridge

1843 rectangular-plan 4-bay church re-fronted and interior

re-modelled by J H O'Donoghue, 1870-1 Gothic. Gabled

main (west) elevation built of ashlar-remainder rubble-

built. West elevation: pointed openings mostly hood-moulded

with columned jambs and bell capitals; 3-light window

above gabled central porch; squat stepped angle buttresses

with (unusual) cast-iron colonnettes at upper level with

foliated capitals by Messrs Mossman of Glasgow, pinnacles

above gablet skews; apex cross finial; slate roof. Vestry

and hall adjoin chancel at east. Interior chancel added by

O'Donoghue, narrow chancel arch with engaged columns with

foliated capitals; leaded windows inserted between 1873

and 1881; 3-light chancel window by Adam and Small, 1881;

3-light west window by W & J J Keir, 1879; some other

windows by Keir. Font and pulpit both stone-built and

octagonal latter by Kennedy and O'Donoghue. Low ashlar

retaining wall with simple stone piers and iron railings.