August 15 2025

An A-listed Hyndland church is to find new life as a community hall and restaurant under a self-supporting rejuvenation plan.

A project team including NVDC Architects, Narro and Icosse has been assembled by property firm G12 Holdings to overhaul Hyndland Parish Church into a cultural hub, improving accessibility while retaining its Gothic character - including a nationally significant collection of stained glass.

Used as a place of worship until 2017, when the congregation amalgamated with Broomhill, the new owners pledge to maintain public access while providing a steady income to cover maintenance and heating expenses.

This approach will see a restaurant established within the building, with solar panels and heat pump-powered underfloor heating improving comfort and efficiency. A free-standing mezzanine floor will also been introduced within the main volume to house services and additional floor space.

In a planning statement, G12 wrote: "Our future vision of use of this building is to create a new café/restaurant, 'The Kingsborough' that is used as a cultural hub and for the arts and fully accessible to all members of the community. The building will be a vibrant cultural space, open seven days a week for the public to visit and enjoy its historical features and ambiance. The existing 'Chancel' area will become an area of flexible use, choir recitals, performing arts as well as an exhibition area for the visual arts and conferencing."

The proposal follows moves to rescue a similar church in Partick by turning it into an arts venue.

3 Comments

#1 Posted by Graeme McCormick on 15 Aug 2025 at 13:53 PM

Hopefully a fitting tribute to the wonderfully gifted eccentric organist John Langdon who reversed his car from his Southside flat to the Church one Sunday morning as the gear stick was stuck.

#2 Posted by Graeme Mccormick on 15 Aug 2025 at 13:55 PM

Might it be possible to include an outline of the proposed steeple which was never completed in the conversion ?

#3 Posted by Billy on 16 Aug 2025 at 16:29 PM

Hi Graeme, The original plans for the church have not been located. So if anyone has a copy or knows where to locate them I would be very interested.

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