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Montgomery Street, GLASGOW, G76 0AS

Repairs being undertaken on the 1780 building on Montgomery Street. It is Category B listed http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB5270.

Eaglesham Old and Carswell Church and Session House was built in 1788 with alterations around 1890 and contained 480 sittings. The building was formerly the Carswell United Presbyterian Church (the United Presbyterian Church was formed in 1847 following the union between the Secession Church and the Relief Church) before it merged in 1900 with the Free Kirk who had their church in what is the present church halls in Montgomery Street opposite Mid Road. In 1929, the united congregations became the Carswell Church of Scotland before finally merging with the Parish Church to form the present Eaglesham Parish Church. The church is now the Carswell Halls and takes its name after the Rev. William Carswell who was ordained in 1827. Click on these links to discover about the churches http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1424798 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484274 .

Carswell Church was built around 1861. The building was formerly the Carswell United Presbyterian Church (the United Presbyterian Church was formed in 1847 following the union between the Secession Church and the Relief Church) before it merged in 1900 with the Free Kirk who had their church in what is the present church halls in Montgomery Street opposite Mid Road. In 1929, the united congregations became the Carswell Church of Scotland before finally merging with the Parish Church to form the present Eaglesham Parish Church. The church is now the Carswell Halls and takes its name after the Rev. William Carswell who was ordained in 1827. Click on these links to discover about the churches http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1424798 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2385541 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2385555.

According to the panel outside: The Carswell Centre was formerly the Carswell United Presbyterian Church built in 1867 by William Carswell, a prominent Eaglesham clergyman. It was later united with the Free Church (now the nearby Laird Halls) and in 1960 with the Parish Church. Extensive re-configuration and refurbishment in 2016-17 transformed the building into a community-oriented church facility.

Montgomery Street was originally named South Street. This view looks towards the crossroads with the Parish Church http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1424798 in the distance. In the lane beside Pillar House is Statue House, a museum owned by East Renfrewshire Council and dedicated to the work of local joiner and self-taught sculptor William Gemmell (1814 - 1891) . The museum contains a collection of William Gemmell's works. An online exhibition of the William Gemmell collection can be seen at Portal to the Past, East Renfrewshire's Heritage Collection http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/heritage/heritage_exhibitions/williamgemmell.htm . Links to other views of Montgomery Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484234 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484238 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484242 .

Pillar House is a two-storey house built around 1780 with a doorpiece with detached Roman Doric columns. William Gemmell, a joiner and self-taught sculptor who spent his whole life in Eaglesham, created a group of life-size statuary that were once widely exhibited in the west of Scotland.

Looking dow Montgomery Street towards the spire of Eaglesham Parish Church in the snow.

Pillar House is a two-storey house built around 1780 with a doorpiece with detached Roman Doric columns. William Gemmell, a joiner and self-taught sculptor who spent his whole life in Eaglesham, created a group of life-size statuary that were once widely exhibited in the west of Scotland.

The houses on the right are Category B listed buildings. The spire is of Eaglesham old and Carswell Church, which is also Category B listed.