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 | | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job | | Robert Grieve Melvin | | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job | | William Leiper | | A | 1865 | 1866 | Won competition to secure job (Leiper's first church) | | Daniel Cottier | | | 1866 | 1867 | Interior decoration and glass | | Alexander David Hislop | | 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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