Duntocher Free Church, Glasgow Road, Duntocher

Heritage listing

Category C Date Added 27/09/2004 Local Authority West Dunbartonshire Planning Authority West Dunbartonshire Burgh Clydebank NGR NS 49764 72859 Coordinates 249764, 672859 — 1844-1845. 2-storey, 3-bay, T-plan Gothic revival church with projecting transepts; later 19th century addition to N (rear). Droved ashlar to S (principal elevation); coursed rubble to sides and rear. Raised ashlar strip quoins; raised ashlar margins; stone cills; wide ashlar basecourse; moulded eavescourse. Square moulded hoodmoulds to S openings. Corniced square slightly advance doorpiece with elliptical arched opening and Gothic mouldings; moulded crenellated parapet; corniced mock-bartizans with large guttae. Stone steps and coped boundary wall rising to main entrance. S (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: central advanced carved doorpiece; flanking narrow windows. Large central 1st floor window; flanking tall narrow windows. Slightly advance corniced pedestal with Gothic arched mouldings and large guttae to gablehead (formally carrying bellcote). E ELEVATION: 3 bays. Advanced gabled bay to right (transept); bipartite windows. Later 19th century single storey, 3-bay pitched roof extension recessed to far right; lean-to lavatory extension to right re-entrant angle. N (REAR) ELEVATION: 3 wide bays. Later 19th century single storey, pitched roof extension recessed to centre. Bipartite windows (trefoil windows at 1st floor, centre). W ELEVATION: similar to E elevation. Predominantly 3-pane timber sash and case windows. Pitched roofs; grey slates; castellated and triangular stone skews. INTERIOR: slender cast-iron Doric columns. Gallery to S. Derelict (2004) — A well-detailed church, in a prominent location. Sitting next to the original Free Church manse (to E), this building forms a good group of historic building

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.