Basic Site Details Name: | Dowanhill UP Church | Town, district or village: | Dowanhill | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | 195-foot spire, £11,500. Total cost £14,817 16s 10d Drawings exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition of 1862. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes |  | Cottier Theatre Complex | Yes | Since conversion, 1989-95 |  | Dowanhill Church of Scotland | | After 1929 |  | Dowanhill UF Church | | From 1900 to 1929 |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Church | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 93-95, Hyndland Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | May 1864 | | | Building work begun |  | 2 December 1864 | | | Competition advertised |  | 1865 | | Competition held | |  | 4 August 1865 | | Foundation stone | |  | 1866 | 1867 | Decoration carried out | Interior decoration and glass |  | 11 November 1866 | | Opened | |  | October 1948 | | Plans dated | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | Melvin & Leiper | Architectural practice | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job |  | Robert Grieve Melvin | Architect | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job |  | William Leiper | Architect | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job (Leiper's first church) |  | Daniel Cottier | Designer | | 1866 | 1867 | Interior decoration and glass |  | Alexander David Hislop | Architect | A | October 1948 | | Alterations? |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Donnelly, Max | 1999 | Daniel Cottier, Pioneer of Aestheticism | | The Decorative Arts Society Journal, 23, pp 33-51 | pp 36-8 |  | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | p291 |  | Green, Simon | 2001 | William Leiper's Churches | XII | Architectural Heritage, pp38-51 | p38 |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p356 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Builder | 1863 | XXI | | Date missing |  | Builders Journal | 12 January 1898 | | | |  | Building News | 18 August 1865 | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow University Library Special Collections | Hislop & Welsh Collection | MS Hislop 84/1-11 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32879 | |
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