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Cumberland Street, GLASGOW, G5 0TF

The former St Francis Church, a large Category A listed gothic church dating from the 1860s, rebuilt by Pugin and Pugin in 1878-81 and with later sections completed in 1895 [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33690] together with associated presbytery. In 1998 the church become the St Francis Centre - a community centre operated by Glasgow Life, following a conversion costing £1.3m.

A very large church building by architect Peter Paul Pugin in 1881. On Cumberland Street, now a Community Centre.

The view is from the other side of the River Clyde. The two tower blocks on the right are now gone. The picture was taken from a waste area within the Fleshers' Haugh. As indicated by the treetops visible not far ahead, the ground slopes down just beyond the far edge of this area. The slope leads down to the Clyde Walkway, from which another picture shows the same high flats, as well as the nearer buildings whose roofs can be seen in the present picture: Image

The former St Francis Church, a large Category A listed gothic church dating from the 1860s, rebuilt by Pugin and Pugin in 1878-81 and with later sections completed in 1895 [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33690] together with associated presbytery. In 1998 it become the St Francis Centre - a community centre operated by Glasgow Life, following a conversion costing £1.3m.

Stunning piece of church architecture in Cumberland Street. The church was designed in 1868 by Gilbert Blount, but rebuilt between 1878 and 1895 by Pugin & Pugin in their characteristic style. Since 1998 it has been used as the St Francis Community Centre.

St Francis Chapel, now a community centre

The former St Francis Church, a large Category A listed gothic church dating from the 1860s, rebuilt by Pugin and Pugin in 1878-81 and with later sections completed in 1895 [http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33690] together with associated presbytery. In 1998 it become the St Francis Centre - a community centre operated by Glasgow Life, following a conversion costing £1.3m. The letters on the railings spell out 'Coolest Garden' which is an area with raised beds and tubs beside the building, funded by Glasgow Life and the NHS.

Part of the garden beside the St Francis Centre (on the right).

The main hall of the St Francis Centre, photographed from the second floor. The Category A listed church was converted into a community centre in 1998, and a set of free-standing rooms was built inside the nave, leaving the fabric of the building intact. There are several meeting rooms, as well as the main hall seen here, which is used for a variety of community activities, and it can seat 200 people when used as an auditorium. Much of the carved stonework has been covered over for its protection, but other areas can still be seen, as in the apse.