St Mary of the Angels

This unusual church was designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia in 1960-1 and includes a presbytery to the rear. From outside the distinguishing features are the use of banded yellow firebrick, irregular rectilinear windows, deep wooden boarding and flat copper roofs. The entrance is through the low western aisle. Inside the rays of light from the clerestory windows play across the twin pillars that separate the aisle from the eight-bay nave. Deep laminated beams – a speciality of the Grangemouth firm of Muirheads – enrich the ceiling and are echoed by the pine pews. The baptistry provides a separate focal point.

The furniture is modern, with clean lines, presenting an uncluttered but warm space for the congregation.