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St Andrew's in the Square

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At the congregation's request, the church was acquired from them by the Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in October 1993 for the sum of £1. The Trust has since renovated the building, transforming it into a Centre for Traditional Scottish Music, Song and Dance. Victorian additions to the building
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The church was enclosed by a later square, built by William Hamilton between 1786 and 1787, which became fashionable homes for some of Glasgow's wealthiest merchants. The migration of the city westwards throughout the 19th century, however, resulted in a gradual slumming of the area and a dwindling
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have been removed, restoring the church's original light and airy feel, while a 4-5 metre deep excavation of the floor produced a basement cafe as well as dressing rooms, rehearsal space and toilets. The building was officially opened to the public on 30 November 2000; St Andrew's Day.
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St Andrew's has played its part in Scottish history; in December 1745, before the church's completion, the
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Mungo Naismith, and designed by Allan Dreghorn. While construction of it was started before the nearby
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congregation. The church was last used for a religious service in June 1993.
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The renovation of St Andrew's in the Square has won the following awards:
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Church
Neoclassical
Merchant City
Glasgow
Coordinates
55°51′17.52″N 4°14′34.81″W / 55.8548667°N 4.2430028°W / 55.8548667; -4.2430028
Tobacco Lords
Europa Nostra
Civic Trust Commendation
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
category-A-listed
Glasgow
Scotland
St Andrew's Square
Glasgow Cross
Glasgow Green
St Martin-in-the-Fields
Master Mason
St Andrew's-by-the-Green
Glasgow Cathedral
Trongate steeple
Reformation
Tobacco Lords
Jacobite
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Vincenzo Lunardi
hot air balloon
Hamilton
Lanark

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