CARNTYNE OLD CHURCH
Carntyne Old Church to Cunningham House
The Carntyne Old church building and hall were purchased by Shettleston Housing Association with the aims of retaining a historic local building and developing social housing. In 2019 Carntyne Old Church became Cunningham House. The development is designated as housing for older people and comprises 14 homes in the former church as well as a five storey apartment block constructed on the site of the hall. The flats are all energy efficient and accessible.
EASTBANK CHURCH
Prior to the building of the church Shettleston was a quiet village with white-washed cottages and open farmland. There were few trains and horse-drawn carts passed along the road. Towards the end of the century the countryside began fill up, with houses appearing at the north end of Gartocher Road. With expansion of the community folks discussed the prospect of having their own church in Shettleston. In 1896 thirty-two people met in a school and were constituted as Shettleston United Presbyterian Church. A site on Old Shettleston Road was secured and the congregation commissioned Messrs Rowan and Smith to draw up plans for a church and a hall. However the cost was beyond the congregation so it was agreed to proceed with a hall initially.
In 1900 the church became Eastbank United Free Church, following the union of the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church. By 1901 the congregation was almost 200. A Bazaar was held over three days in December 1902 to raise funds. It raised £2,500 and a memento of the Bazaar, a multi-signatured curtain, is still in the church today. By 1904 the congregation had succeeded in funding the new building and Willian G Rowan designed the striking Arts & Crafts church. The building was renamed Eastbank Church of Scotland in 1929.
SHETTLESTON NEW CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
A Church United
As part of the Glasgow Presbytery Plan and following many years as linked congregations the churches of Eastbank and Carntyne Old entered into a union in June 2007. The new congregation was renamed Shettleston New Church to reflect the area it served.
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More about Shettleston New Church can be found
on the church website.