Love this dragon-like creature on a drainpipe on the Gothic style former Hutchesontown Free Church on Dixon Avenue on the Southside of Glasgow. Designed by John Bennie Wilson, it was built in the 1890s.
I ran into this cute little guy on the base of an arch above a side entrance to the Gothic Revival Coats Memorial Church in Paisley. I love it when I stumble across architectural details like this.
The former Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church in Paisley. I've often see the distinctive crown top of this building off in the distance when passing Paisley on the M8, but only got to see it up close for the first time last week, and it was well worth the visit. It was designed in a Gothic revival style by H.J. Blanc and was built in 1894.
Absolutely love this grotesque on the former Coats Memorial Church in Paisley. Built in 1894, it was designed in a Gothic Revival style by H.J. Blanc and it's covered in some fantastic Gothic-inspired sculptures and carvings. It's now used as an events venue.
Cambusnethan House near Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Built in 1820, it was designed in a Neo-Gothic style by James Gillespie Graham. It was gutted by a fire in the 1980s and now only the ruined shell of this once great house remains standing.
The ruins of Dundyvan Parish Church in Coatbridge to the east of Glasgow. Designed by Alexander Cullen in a Gothic revival style with an unusual crown tower topped by a spire, this church was built in 1905.
While the main buildings of Glasgow University, designed by George Gilbert Scott in the 1860s, are generally described as Gothic in style, they also have a range of features more commonly associated with the Scots Baronial style, such as Crow-Stepped Gables and Pepperpot Turrets.
This gargoyle is a great piece of architectural detailing on the former Glasgow Deaf And Dumb Institute building on Prospecthill Grove. Built in the 1860 in a French Gothic style, it was designed by Salmon, Son and Ritchie.
The imposing French Gothic Glasgow Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Founded in 1820, the institute moved from its original location on Parson Street to this location on Prospecthill Road in the 1860s. The building itself was designed by Salmon, Son and Ritchie could accommodate 150 pupils on the three-acre site. In the 1920s, it became Langside School for the Deaf, and later was home to Langside College.
Kenmuir Mount Vernon Church on London Road in the East End of Glasgow. This beautiful little Gothic style church with it octagonal pencil tower topped by a belfry and spire was built in 1883.
The University Avenue entrance to the Gothic main buildings of Glasgow University. Designed by George Gilbert Scott, it was built in the 1860s as part of the University's move from its historic campus on High Street in central Glasgow to a new campus in the west end.
The entrance to the former Anderston Free Church on University Avenue in Glasgow. Designed by James Sellars in a Normandy Gothic style and built in the 1870s, it was originally meant to have a tall slender tower, but this was never completed. It's now part of Glasgow University.
Whitby Abbey Monastery in Whitby, England, is a hauntingly beautiful ruin on a cliff overlooking the North Sea, and it is famously associated with Bram Stoker's Dracula.
The Notre Dame de Strasbourg Cathedral was dedicated to the Virgin Mary between the 13th and 15th centuries. In 1988, the Strasbourg Cathedral was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. I visited in 2019.
It's #October the rain is pouring down on the apple trees outside, and I'm back to bring a few pictures and stories of my recent travels in some magical spots outside my usual northern haunts.
You can't take pictures of the original copy of the Magna Carta (one of 4 surviving) inside Salisbury Cathedral, so instead have:
The cathedral itself, built between 1220 and 1258, with the tallest spire in the UK despite having foundations that are only 4 feet deep , straight down onto the water table.
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world, dating to at least 1386.
The extraordinary modern font, water perpetually flowing from the black, mirrored surface. Normally I like my medieval interiors to stay medieval, but I decided after a moment or two that I liked this.
The head of a Green Man from high up on the soaring nave ceiling, impossible to see from the ground but pointed out to me by a kind cathedral guide with a laser pointer (my camera zoom did the rest).
Built in the 1890s in a Victorian High Gothic style and designed by Osmund Cooke, this is one of those well-hidden architectural gems which you can find when you venture of the beaten track in Glasgow.
The gothic splendour of the University of Glasgow on Gilmorehill rising above the houses of the north of the city as seen from Speirs Wharf on the Forth and Clyde Canal early this morning.
I climbed up behind the very tall altar, balancing on an old radiator and onto the narrow window ledge. This gave a very interesting vantage point to shoot my photos from, while balancing and shooting over the top of the altar.
Kinda looks like I am hovering several metres of the floor though, guess it offers a different perspective 🤣
Love this intricate Gothic Arch doorway, surrounded by relief sculptures of thistles and enclosing carved wooden doors on Glasgow University's main buildings.
The gothic turrets, chimneys and spires of the main Gilmorehill Campus buildings of Glasgow University. Designed by George Gilbert Scott and built in the second half of the 19th Century. By then, the university was already more than 400 years old.