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Knightswood St Margaret's Church
Knightswood St Margaret's Parish Church
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55°53′42″N 4°20′30″W / 55.8951°N 4.3416°W / 55.8951; -4.3416
Location Glasgow
Country Scotland
Denomination Church of Scotland
Website Church website
History
Status Active
Founded 1925
Dedicated 2 April 1932
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Architect(s) Robert Lorimer
Architectural type Church
Years built 1928-1932
Groundbreaking 1928
Specifications
Materials Stone
Administration
Presbytery Presbytery of Glasgow

Knightswood St. Margaret's Parish Church is a parish church of the Church of Scotland, serving part of the Knightswood area of Glasgow, Scotland.

History

The church was planned by the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Dumbarton in response to the plans of Glasgow Corporation to build a large new housing estate in the area. It was then separated from the parishes of Temple and Drumchapel, both daughter parishes in turn from New Kilpatrick in Bearsden which had previously overseen the area when it was rural.

The church is located at 2000 Great Western Road. The church hall was opened in 1925 and was used as the church for the first seven years. The current church was designed by the architect Sir Robert Lorimer and was dedicated in 1932. It is built entirely of stone, the last stone church to be built in Scotland.

Ministry

The congregation is part of the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow and is currently vacant following the retiral of the Rev Sandy Fraser.

The previous minister, the Rev Adam Dillon, is now minister of St David's Memorial Park in Kirkintilloch.

Another former minister (1977–1989) was the Very Rev Dr David Lacy, who was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 2005–2006.

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