Details

Object type

architectural drawing

Title

Caledonia Road Church: elevation to Cathcart Road and tenement

Artist/Maker

Baird & Thomson maker

Place Associated

Scotland, Glasgow, Caledonia Road (place associated)

Date

14th October 1856

Materials

ink on paper with graphite lines underneath

Dimensions

overall: 677 mm x 475 mm

Description

Black ink drawing of Caledonia Road Church showing an elevation to Cathcart Road and tenements. Signed Robert McDougall & Baird & Thomson. Handwritten location and date of Glasgow 14th October 1856. Caledonia Road Church, formerly Caledonia Road United Presbyterian Church and Hutchesontown and Caledonia Road Church, was opened on 22 March 1857. It had been designed by architect John Baird, who ran an architectural office with Alexander Thomson. After the break up of their partnership, Thomson continued the construction. The church was gutted and partially demolished following an arson attack on 30 October 1965. Thomson became an elder of this church.

Credit Line/Donor

Bequeathed by John Thomson, son of Alexander Thomson, 1934

Collection

Alexander Greek Thomson Collection

ID Number

MLSC.898034.1

Location

In storage