Interior of St Charles Borromeo Church, North Kelvinside

St Charles Borromeo Church in North Kelvinside, which dates from 1959/60, was erected in around a reinforced concrete skeletal frame. The main body of the church was formed from seven concrete portals, infilled with red rustic brickwork.
There is a highly original fanned vaulted roof over the apse, supported by a circular series of columns.
The original plan by Jack Coia was fleshed out by Andy MacMillan, producing a highly original completed building.

The Stations of the Cross were created with terracotta figures encircling the church by the celebrated sculptor Benno Schotz, in one of his final commissions before his retirement in 1961.
He used his wife, family and members of his synagogue as models for the extensive sculptural compositions which adorn the walls. Both Benno Schotz and Jack Coia feature as figures along with the church’s parish priest, Canon Vincent O’Sullivan.
Schotz also designed the sanctuary lamp suspended from an angelic figure appearing from on high.

The altar and pulpit were formed with Mexican onyx, a material favoured by Coia, which he also used in the neighbouring St Columba’s Church, Woodside.