| Opened: |
Commissioned in 1896 by the Free Church |
| Architect: |
Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
| Building material: |
Red
Locharbriggs stone Source: U. of Glasgow: "M125 Queen's Cross Church" (online April 2017) |
| Exterior style: | Gothic Revival |
| Interior style: | Arts & Crafts |
| 2017 current use: |
Headquarters of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society |
| Distinction:- |
The
only church in the world designed by Scottish architect, designer and
artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. |
| Additional information: |
U.
of Glasgow: "M125 Queen's Cross Church" (online April 2017) |
Exterior  Gothic Revival features: Tower with belfry and parapet ... Shallow twin-gabled transept ... Three pointed Gothic windows and door with compound arch ... Vertical pier buttresses  Louvered belfry ... Stringcourse ... Upper section at left is a stair turret ... "Mackintosh's
perspective drawing shows carved
figures at the angles of the tower's stair turret and a panel of
ornament above the louvered belfry opening. Unworked blocks of stone at
these points confirm that decoration was planned but not carried out."-
U.
of Glasgow: "M125 Queen's Cross Church" (online April 2017)
 Shallow twin-gabled transept  Hoodmolds and tracery on shallow twin-gabled transept leaded windows ... Vertical pier buttresses  Segmental arch ... Vertical pier buttresses |
Interior  Gallery at left ... Chanel with communion table in center ... Stone quoins around the chancel arch  Blue heart window  Wooden slightly pointed ceiling ... Two of four steel tie rods ... "At
Queen's Cross the riveted steel is exposed,
but the drawings approved by the Dean of Guild show the beams clad in
timber, as Shaw had done. It is not clear if Mackintosh omitted the
timber to save money, or because he preferred the 'honest' look of
unadorned structure."- U.
of Glasgow: "M125 Queen's Cross Church" (online April 2017)
   Communion table  Oak pulpit ... Detail below:  "... the oak pulpit, each facet of its curved front carved with bird and leaf (or tree) motifs." - - U. of Glasgow: "M125 Queen's Cross Church" (online April 2017)  Canopied niche originally containing a basin for washing sacred vessels, often found near the altar in a medieval church ... Note Mackintosh-designed chair at left (detailed below:)  Mackintosh-designed chair    Stone quoins flank the upper windows ... Gallery   Leaded glass windows ... Gibbs surround |
 View towards entrance from altar      Ceiling below organ loft ... Detail below:  |