Hyndland Parish Church, 79 Hyndland Road, Glasgow

Address

Hyndland Parish Church, 79 Hyndland Road, Glasgow, G12 9JE

Recommended by

Peter Hildebrand (20)

Highlight

The Creation window, the eastern most window of the north wall of the nave

Artist, maker and date

Sax Shaw, 1969

Reason for highlighting

Sax Shaw was a talented artist and teacher, who worked in a variety of media. This window based around the Creation is vibrant and arresting.

Other comments

The church is blessed with an outstanding collection of twentieth century Scottish glass, with fine windows by Norman MacDougall, 1889, in the porch and a ‘Saints’ window by from the studio of William Wilson, 1965, in the chapel to the south of the chancel, which itself has a war memorial window by Douglas Strachan, 1921. While in the nave there is a ‘Service’ window by Douglas Hamilton, 1939, two windows on ‘Teaching’ and ‘Healing’ by Gordon Webster 1966, and a fine contemporary ‘Community’ window by Rab MacInnes, 2002.

Additionally in the vestry there is a four light window with stained glass moved here from St Bride’s Church, Partick. Three of the windows on the theme of ‘Faith and Work’ are by Oscar Paterson, 1897,while the forth light is in complimentary style by Paul Lucky, 1984

Artist/maker notes

Sax Roland Shaw (1916-2000) was born in Yorkshire and studied at Huddersfield College of Art, before moving on to Edinburgh College of Art and settling permanently in Scotland. There he would become one of its most influential postwar artists. A maverick talent of exuberant gifts, Shaw designed stained-glass windows which light churches all over Scotland; dragged British tapestry into the modern era at the Dovecot Studios, and became a cherished mentor to generations of students at Edinburgh and Glasgow schools of art.

Source: Obituary by Ninian Dunnett, The Scotsman 27.9.2000 and quoted on saxshaw.com

Highlighted dates at this location

1969 (Go to date search)