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Cottiers, Glasgow

Coordinates: 55°52′26″N 4°18′06″W / 55.874025°N 4.301741°W / 55.874025; -4.301741
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Cottiers Theatre
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Former namesDowanhill Parish Church
Address93–95 Hyndland St
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Coordinates55°52′26″N 4°18′06″W / 55.874025°N 4.301741°W / 55.874025; -4.301741
Public transit
Listed Building – Category A
Designated15 December 1970
Reference no.LB32879
Construction
Built1865–1866
Opened1866 (as a church)
Closed1984 (as a church)
ArchitectWilliam Leiper
Website
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Cottiers is a theatre located in Glasgow, Scotland. It also operates as a bar and restaurant. Cottiers occupies the building of the 19th-century former Dowanhill Parish Church.

Early years of the church

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The church building was built to serve as the parish church of the Dowanhill United Presbyterian Church. It was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by William Leiper, and was built between 1865 and 1866. The foundation stone was laid on August 4, 1865, and the building was opened on November 11, 1866.[1] The congregation became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929, and the church was renamed Dowanhill Parish Church.[2]

Works of art

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The building includes a collection of notable frescoes and stained glass windows by Daniel Cottier. The building was renamed Cottiers in honour of Daniel Cottier after the church was converted into a theatre.[3]

Closure, conversion and present use

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The church served as a parish church of the Church of Scotland until 1984, when the Dowanhill congregation united with the East Partick congregation forming East Partick and Dowanhill Parish Church.[4] That same year, the church building was bought by the Four Acres Charitable Trust which converted the building into a theatre, an arts centre with a bar and restaurant.[5] The building was restored during numerous phases starting from the 1980s and going as far as 2012.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Dowanhill and Partick – West End Churches", scotcities. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Glasgow, 93–95 Hyndland Street, Dowanhill United Presbyterian Church", canmore. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.
  3. ^ "History", Cottiers. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "History of Partick Trinity", Partick Trinity. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Dowanhill UP Church", The Glasgow Story. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Restoration", Cottiers. Retrieved on 16 August 2020.