Description

Circa 1879. Gothic Hall built as the Mission Hall of
Free College Church. In 1883 the Boys Brigade was
founded here and continued to meet in the building until
December 1973. 3-storeys. Stugged ashlar with polished
ashlar margins, stonecleaned. 6-bay elevation to North
Woodside Road. Pointed arch portal with granite nook
shafts; shouldered doorpiece with hoodmould. Paired
pointed arch ground floor windows; 1st floor windows
shouldered and mullioned. 2nd floor windows, set in
individual gablets, paired and with trefoil heads under
pointed arch hoodmould. String courses at cills; plain
main cornice; skewputts; slate roofs. A plaque at
ground floor level commemorates the Boys Brigade founder
Sir W A Alexander, and refers to the larger original
memorial plaque of 1933, now resited in the Stevenson
Memorial Church, Belmont Street.

Statement of Interest

Of great historical importance as the foundation site

and meeting place of the First Glasgow Company, The Boys

Brigade, the earliest uniformed youth organisation in

the world.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17812120

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
• 
  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)