St Vincent Street Church
Greek Revival temple church on a massive podium, crowned by an exotic Egyptian-style tower.
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This guide to St Vincent Street Church in Glasgow follows the money behind Alexander Thomson's hilltop temple of eighteen fifty-nine, and a deal he and his brother George struck with a congregation down on Gordon Street. It turns on architects who were also developers, and on the shops and warehouse that rose where an old church stood. Along the way you'll meet a Greek temple propped on a podium above a steep slope, and a tower carved with figures that look more Egyptian than Scottish. Stand across the street where you can take in the whole tower.
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