St Margaret's Church, 179 Braidfauld Street, Glasgow

Heritage listing

Category B Date Added 15/12/1970 Supplementary Information Updated 03/04/2023 Local Authority Glasgow Planning Authority Glasgow Burgh Glasgow NGR NS 63740 63094 Coordinates 263740, 663094 — William Gardner Rowan, 1900-1. Arts and Crafts, like an English village church. Squat tower and slated broach spire at west front with half-timbered porch facing south, twin-gabled low transept at opposite end of long flank wall. Coursed, squared rubble, ashlar dressings, deep-eaved slate roofs. Decorative iron-railed boundary. The interior was subdivided in the late 1980s for use as a multi-purpose worship centre and is now in use as the Al Tawheed Kurdish Community and Education Centre (2023). — St Margaret's Church is of special architectural interest for the quality of its design, which combines elements of the English Arts and Crafts style with those of traditional Scottish architecture. Characteristic features evident at St Margaret's include the squat tower and broached spire, the half-timbered porch, the swept roofs and overhanging eaves, and the use of traditional materials such as timber, slate and local red sandstone. The footprint of the building has remained unchanged, but the internal layout and fabric was partially altered in the later 20th century to accommodate its conversion into a multi-use church centre. The treatment of the interior is characteristically plain with open timber roofs and dark wood panelling, an arcaded nave, painted rendered walls and ashlar dressings. This modest treatment is typical of its date and style. The interior retains much of its early character despite these later changes. Notable decorative features include the timber pulpit with sandstone base, heraldic shields to the roof timbers, and a carved timber rood screen (now incorporated in

From Historic Environment Scotland under OGL v3.