2013

NS6164 : Glasgow rooftops - Celtic Park

taken 11 years ago, 3 km from Royston, Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow rooftops - Celtic Park
Glasgow rooftops - Celtic Park
The massive structure dominates the view to the east from The Lighthouse. The tower of St Mary's RC Church on Abercromby Street (where Celtic FC was founded) can be seen to the right of centre.
The Lighthouse :: NS5865

The Lighthouse Vision:

"To be a leading body for the promotion of architecture, design and the creative industries, locally, nationally and internationally by engaging people of all ages through a creative exhibition, education and business programme."

Scotland's first dedicated national centre for architecture and design is based in the 1895 Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed former Glasgow Herald newspaper office.

Spread over six floors, it is a must for anyone with an interest in architecture or design. It also has a good quality cafe and two viewing platforms which offer interesting views of the city from an unusual perspective.

Here is a LinkExternal link to The Lighthouse web site.

St Mary's Calton Church :: NS6064

Formally known as St Mary of the Assumption, but better known locally as St Mary's Calton LinkExternal link .

St Mary’s Roman Catholic church on Abercromby Street in Calton is where Brother Walfrid NS6163 : Brother Walfrid statue at Celtic Park convened a meeting in November 1887 to discuss the formation of a football club able to support the city’s poor and destitute*. The aim was to raise funds "for the maintenance of dinner tables for the children and the unemployed".

Celtic Football Club NS6163 : Celtic Park was the result. The rest is history.

The Caregory A Listed building LinkExternal link was designed by Goldie and Child of London and was built in 1841-2. It is the second oldest RC church in Glasgow.

On August 15th 2009, the church was created Pro-Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Glasgow during a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Mario Conti and served as pro-Cathedral until 10th April 2011 when St Andrew’s was reopened.

* The meeting was held in the church hall which no longer exists.


Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Thomas Nugent and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Geographical Context: Suburb, Urban fringe City, Town centre
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Celtic Park [17] · East [12] · East End of Glasgow [6] · Centre [4] ·
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
+
+
1:50,000 Modern Day Landranger(TM) Map © Crown Copyright
TIP: Click the map for more Large scale mapping
Grid Square
NS6164, 130 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 12 August, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 31 August, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 619 640 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:50.9621N 4:12.4452W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 5892 6525
View Direction
East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
Clickable map
+
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
Image classification(about): Supplemental image
This page has been viewed about 64 times
You are not logged in login | register