South Wishaw Parish Church

South Wishaw Parish Church was formed by the union of the former Thornlie and Chalmers churches in 2004. The suite of buildings chosen by the Church of Scotland for use of the new united congregation was the buildings on East Academy Street (formerly Chalmers Church). Presently the redundant buildings (Thornlie Church, Hall and Manse along with Chalmers Manse) were marketed and sold. A new manse for the Manse family was purchased just outside the parish boundary but within walking distance of the church.

The main church building was designed by Alexander Hinshelwood and constructed in 1874. It is described as a Gothic, gabled rectangular-plan church with: a square 3-stage belltower to NE corner with stone spire, squared yellow sandstone coursers with ashlar margins, set-back gabletted buttresses with sawtooth coping and hooded pointed-arch windows with chamfered reveals. The original interior is described as a galleried interior, entered from the narthex with flanking stairs to gallery, boarded dado and timber pews, cast-iron columns supporting panelled gallery around three sides, with communion table in front of ornately carved timber pulpit with stair access and timber gothic panelled…