Board 2 – Handmade With Love

Noah’s Ark of Castlemilk: A Symbolic Sanctuary

Known affectionately as “Noah’s Ark”, Castlemilk West Church was designed by architects Gratton and McLean and was category B listed in 2001.

Built on multiple levels it was described as “a powerful composition, echoing the lines of the Royal Festival Hall, London, 1951, and with the fleche (small, slender spire) following a form popular at the time, as on the extension to Coventry Cathedral, also of 1951. The design makes clear and effective reference to a symbolic 'ark'. “

The building stood as an iconic local landmark until its demolition in June 2021.

A New Home, A Timeless Mission: The Formation of Castlemilk Parish Church

Castlemilk West Parish Church united with Castlemilk East Parish Church (which used to stand at 40 Barlia Terrace) in 2012 to form Castlemilk Parish Church.

The united church met on this site until the opening of the new, modern, accessible building at 1 Dougrie Place in 2015.

The combined strength of the united church is symbolised in the communion table, font and cross which are crafted from wood taken from the pews of both the old East and West churches, bound together with oak.

So, although the old West Church building has now gone, the church carries on its long history of “serving God at the heart of the community” from its new building.