Old Parish Church, Govan
Old Parish Church, Govan
Govan Old Parish Church, dedicated to Saint Constantine, is a Category A Gothic Revival church on Govan Road, Glasgow, designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and now housing the Govan Stones collection of early medieval sculpture.
- Location
- Govan, City of Glasgow
- Country
- Scotland
- County
- City of Glasgow
- City / town
- Govan
- Address
- Govan Road, Govan, City of Glasgow, G51 3UU
- Postcode
- G51 3UU
- Built
- 1884–88; chancel lengthened 1906
- Consecrated
- Dedicated 19 May 1888; lengthened chancel dedicated 1908
- Architect
- Sir Robert Rowand Anderson
- Denomination
- Church of Scotland
- Dedication
- Constantine
- Parish
- Govan and Linthouse
- Grade
- A
- Style
- Early pointed Gothic Revival
- Grid reference
- NS 553 658
- Opening hours
- Open Wednesday, Thursday & Saturday June-September 1pm to 4pm or by arrangement.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic Environment Scotland lists 866–868 Govan Road as a church of 1883–88 by Anderson, with the chancel lengthened in 1906 and dedicated in 1908: an early-pointed cruciform plan with foundations for an unbuilt west steeple. Wikipedia records groundbreaking on 6 December 1884 and dedication on 19 May 1888. The building replaced an 1826 church, itself successor to a 1762 church on the site of a demolished medieval church. Excavations in the 1990s found medieval foundations over earlier dug graves, taking burial on the site back into the early medieval period.
HES describes an outstanding church by Anderson with an exceptional collection of early Christian monuments, most moved from the surrounding graveyard in 1926. The churchyard is a scheduled monument (SM10393); the church is LB33353 (Category A, designated 1966). Regular Sunday services ended in October 2007; the building remains a place of worship and is open to visitors as the home of the Govan Stones.