Shettleston New Church is an early 20th-century church building of the

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in the

Shettleston Shettleston (, ) is an area in the Glasgow#East End, east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Toponymy The origin of the name "Shettleston" is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multitude of spellings. A papal bu ...

district of

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, Scotland.

History of the church building

The church was designed in the

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style by W. G. Rowan in 1897. It was built between 1901 and 1904 using

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. The memorial stone was laid on 11 October 1902. A

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with a

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was also built with buttresses stepped in at the narrow top. Art nouveau sculptures were also built at the doorway, including a big traceried gable window over the west door. The church hall was built in 1899.

Interior

The interior roof of the church is made of 90 square panels which include the inscription of the

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. The pipe organ was installed in 1904 and is still in use. The large stained glass window above the main door is a

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memorial.

History of the congregation

The parish was founded by the United Presbyterian Church in 1896, where services where held at Eastmuir School. Once the church was built, the congregation became known as Eastbank United Free Church after the union between the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church. It then became Eastbank Parish Church after the union with the

in 1929. It retained that name for most of its existence until 2007 when the congregation of Carntyne Old Church (converted into flats) united with Eastbank to form Shettleston New Church."About Shettleston New Church"
''Shettleston New Church''. Retrieved on 26 October 2020.

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