Eaglesham Church & Carswell Centre
The rather nice parish church
in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.
in Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire.
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Dating back to the time of the model village created by Alexander Montgomerie, the 10th Earl of Eglinton,
from 1769. The church was built in 1790 and was originally octagonal.
The site, on a raised mound, is one of several similar sites in a straight line across the landscape which includes (probable) Pictish sites and another church at Newton Mearns.
This suggests to some that the location may have been used for worship for several thousand years.
Further up the hill are the church hall with the circular window, set back from the street (fourth photo) and above that what was once the Carswell United Presbyterian Church, built in 1867 (with spires and an arched tracery window) and is now the Carswell Centre, described as a community-oriented church facility hub linked to the parish church from 1960. Both are shown in the fifth and sixth photos.
The Carswell Centre has information on local history and contains many wood-carved sculptures by a local artist, William Gemmel (1814-1891) mostly related to the Burns poem “A Cottar's Saturday Night” and also includes a depiction of Burns and Highland Mary.
Opening hours and access details are not currently available.
Eaglesham is about eight miles south of Glasgow city centre and is a conservation village. There are strong links between Eaglesham and the model village of New Lanark (now a World Heritage Site) later designed by David Dale in 1785 or so.
The site, on a raised mound, is one of several similar sites in a straight line across the landscape which includes (probable) Pictish sites and another church at Newton Mearns.
This suggests to some that the location may have been used for worship for several thousand years.
Further up the hill are the church hall with the circular window, set back from the street (fourth photo) and above that what was once the Carswell United Presbyterian Church, built in 1867 (with spires and an arched tracery window) and is now the Carswell Centre, described as a community-oriented church facility hub linked to the parish church from 1960. Both are shown in the fifth and sixth photos.
The Carswell Centre has information on local history and contains many wood-carved sculptures by a local artist, William Gemmel (1814-1891) mostly related to the Burns poem “A Cottar's Saturday Night” and also includes a depiction of Burns and Highland Mary.
Opening hours and access details are not currently available.
Eaglesham is about eight miles south of Glasgow city centre and is a conservation village. There are strong links between Eaglesham and the model village of New Lanark (now a World Heritage Site) later designed by David Dale in 1785 or so.
