Cottiers Theatre | |
Former Names: | Dowanhill Parish Church |
Address: | 93–95 Hyndland St |
Coordinates: | 55.874°N -4.3017°W |
Built: | 1865–1866 |
Opened: | 1866 (as a church) |
Closed: | 1984 (as a church) |
Architect: | William Leiper |
Website: | Website |
Cottiers is a theatre located in Glasgow, Scotland. It also operates as a bar and restaurant. Cottiers occupies the building of the 19th-century former Dowanhill Parish Church.
The church building was built to serve as the parish church of the Dowanhill United Presbyterian Church. It was designed in the Neo-Gothic style by William Leiper, and was built between 1865 and 1866. The foundation stone was laid on August 4, 1865, and the building was opened on November 11, 1866.[1] The congregation became part of the Church of Scotland in 1929, and the church was renamed Dowanhill Parish Church.[2]
The building includes a collection of notable frescoes and stained glass windows by Daniel Cottier. The building was renamed Cottiers in honour of Daniel Cottier after the church was converted into a theatre.[3]
The church served as a parish church of the Church of Scotland until 1984, when the Dowanhill congregation united with the East Partick congregation forming East Partick and Dowanhill Parish Church.[4] That same year, the church building was bought by the Four Acres Charitable Trust which converted the building into a theatre, an arts centre with a bar and restaurant.[5] The building was restored during numerous phases starting from the 1980s and going as far as 2012.[6]