Pollokshields
Church of Scotland
Our church
is active, warm and friendly. Our members are all ages and bring a wide
range of experiences. What we have in common is a desire to grow in
our Christian faith.
The church was built as Pollokshields Established Church by Robert
Baldie in 1877-1878.
The architecture is mixed Gothic with an early English tower with
tabernacles above the broaches of the spire at the southwest comer of
the building.
The tower has a clock face on each of its four sides.
The south (entrance) front has a large geometrical window above a row
of trefoil headed windows with stiff leaf capitals.
The side aisles have twin lancet windows beneath the clerestory of
triple lancet windows to the main church.
The interior has aisle arcades formed by polished granite columns on
high octagonal sandstone bases with French Gothic capitals supporting
pointed arches beneath the clerestory windows and the high scissor braced
roof trusses. Each column cap is different.
The timber roof of the side aisles and the main trusses add to the
grandeur of the interior.
The south balcony is reached by a staircase from the east porch.
The deep chancel was remodelled in 1912-1914 with new organ, pulpit
and communion table.
