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In 
execu’ 
iring the capitals of the’ pillars, the work is 
so much in the manner of the old carving, 
St 
Cathedral. that the difference cannot be perceived; and in the 
small vestibule, the fronts of the galleries, the pulpit, 
and indeed all the modern parts, the Gothic style is 
perfectly preserved. The whole is painted of a grey 
colour, which appears sufficiently neat and clean, with- 
out the least glare or tawdriness ; and the sober impo- 
sing effect of the church is worthy the memory of the 
architect, who, by the pure and classical taste of his pub- 
lic buildings, has done so much to ornament this city. 
About the same time leave was given to a society of 
sacred music to erect an organ in what is commonly 
called the choir; and this was executed by Mr David 
Hamilton, architect, in a manner creditable to his 
taste. 
In 181], the seats in the outer High Church were 
‘completely removed, and the whole of the interior re- 
newed in a manner well suited to the magnificence of 
the place ; the pulpit has been removed from the south 
side to the west end of the church; and in 1812, the 
great western window, immediately over the original 
grand entranee, was opened at an expence upwards of 
£ 500. This window is 44 feet 6 inches high by 23 
feet 6 inches wide. 
The heritors of the Barony parish, taking into consi- 
deration, the ruinous condition of the seating of their 
church, and finding the space not large enough for the 
increased population of the parish, agreed to abandon 
it as a place of worship. Accordingly, in the year 
1801, the seats were removed, and it was again con- 
verted into a burying-place, such as it had originally 
been. This repository for the dead, contains 65 pillars, 
with capitals of curious workmanship, supporting the 
grToined arches, underneath the stone floor of the Inner 
High Church ; the whole is rendered visible by a glim- 
mering light passing through small apertures retained 
from the former windows. When a stranger enters this 
place and examines the monuments of art, and those 
erected to the memory of departed worth, he is insensi- 
bly struck with veneration and awe, 
The entrance to the choir is now by the south front. 
Tt is 74 feet 6 inches long, 63 feet wide, and 90 feet 
high, and has a grand imposing effect, the pillars be- 
ing more than 80, and the windows 40 feet high. 
The south transept has long been used as a burying- 
place for the clergymen of the city: the style and exe- 
cution of the work in this aisle is much admired, Im- 
mediately over this, a flower garden was placed ; but in 
1812, it was removed, and a stone pavenient, concealed 
by a parapet, substituted in its place. The north tran- 
sept, formerly the Chapter House, has been fitted up 
as a private burying-place. 
The Bishop’s Palace or Castle, erected in 1430, stood 
somewhat to the south-west of the cathedral, nearly in 
front of where the Royal Infirmary now stands: it was 
inclosed with a strong wall of hewn stone by Archbi- 
shop Beaton: the ruins of the castle were removed in 
1789, to make way for the erection of the Infirmary. 
The College church is situated on the east side of 
‘the High Street, a little below the College. It is a 
plain building, partaking of the Gothic, with a small 
steeple in front, containing a clock and bell, It was 
builtin 1699, on the site of a venerable Gothic pile, 
termed the church of the Black Friars, which was un- 
fortunately destroyed in 1666 during a violent storm. 
At the Reformation this church was made over to the 
College, but was some time afterwards conveyed to the 
community under certain restrictions. is 
The Tron church, situated on the south side of the 
GLASGOW. 
T te, a little to the eastward of King Street, was  @li 
founded and endowed by the community in 1484,andde- 
dicated to the Virgin Mary. Prior to the Reformation, T*™ 
a number of chaplainries were founded in it, by pious cha. 
and wealthy citizens. In the year 1592, this place of 
worship underwent a thorough repair; and on the 8th — 
February 1793, it was destroyed by fire. The steeple - 
belonging to this church, which is of mixed ancient 
architecture, projects into the Trongate, and forms a 
striking feature in that street: it was built in 1637; is 
126 feet high, and has a clock and two bells init. ‘The 
under part of the steeple being formerly used as a tron, 
gave to it its present name. In 1794, this church was 
rebuilt on the site of the old one, from designs by Mr 
James Adam. It isa anes modern building surmount- 
ed by a spacious cupola. © ee 
, The north-west church situated in Canon Street, front- Nort 
ing Candleriggs Street, was erected by the community Chu 
in 1721. Its form is oblong, lying east and west, with a 
transverse aisle. A steeple 140 feet high, having a clock 
and bell in it, is placed at the south front of the church, 
The steeple displays less.taste than might have been ex- 
pected from the period in which it was built. 
St Andrew’s 
drew’s Square. It was founded in 1739, but not finished 
till 1756. It is nearly a copy of St Martin’s in the Fields, 
Westminster, and is allowed to be as complete a speci- 
men of the composite order of architecture as is to be 
found in Scotland. On the west front a grand portico 
is formed ; the arms of the city are displayed in the 
pediment in basso relievo ; a lofty spire, with a clock 
and bell in it, is placed at this front of the building : 
its form and proportions, however, are by no means in 
unison with the church, \ ; 
St Enoch’s church, situated on the south side of St st 
Enoch’s Square, fronting Buchanan Street, and 4 ed C 
in 1780, is of an oblong form; a portico of the Doric order, 
is placed at the north end; a lofty and 
of - 
having a bell and clock in it, is formed at that 
the church. =~ fehok ® 
The Wynd church, which had been built by a party S$ 
of Presbyterians during the time of Episcopacy in 1687, Ch 
was found to be unsuitable for the congregation of the 
venerable Dr Porteous. Accordingly in 1807, the pr 
-bytery, with concurrence of the magistrates, trans 
the congregation to St George’s church, erected on the 
west side of Buchanan Street, fronting George’s Street. 
Few things are more difficult than to place a steeple 
or spire on a modern building, without destroying its 
effect. A Gothic church is usually proportioned in 
elevation to its tower; but: modern churches, built 
more for convenience than grandeur, are for the most 
part so low in their walls, that the spire must either 
be insignificant in its own dimensions, or appear to 
crush the building to, which it is merely attached, but 
with which it never seems to be connected. Aware of 
this, Mr Stark, who gave the plan of this edifice, resol- 
ved that the tower should be the principal object of at- 
tention, to which the rest of the facade might be consi- 
dered as an accompaniment. In this view, he was de- 
sirous of projecting it from the front of the church, over 
the side pavement of the street ; but this bein 
objectionable, the idea was abandoned, and 
carried back to the line of the front. ‘ 
The tower itself, both in its general form, and in the 
variety as well as the proportion of its parts, is uncom-— 
monly beautiful; and probably its termination, had 
the-colossal statues intended by the architect been placed 
on its angles, would have been equally rich and graces 
ful; but many difficulties arose in getting well compo. » 
the tower 
urch is situated in the centre of St An- St And 
