Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, The Linn Crematorium
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General view from East. Digital image of B 55471. Date 14/8/1991 Copyright RCAHMSItem SC724444
Organisation
The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
Canmore ID166959
Site TypeCREMATORIUM (20TH CENTURY)
CountyLANARKSHIRE
ParishCATHCART (CITY OF GLASGOW)
CouncilGLASGOW, CITY OF
NGRNS 58435 58853
Latitude, Longitude55.802155N, 4.260035W
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Summary Notes
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive, 1962, T S Cordiner
A Beaux Arts-influenced modernist complex in a peaceful parkland setting, comprising two ceremonial chambers, each with its own waiting facilities and flanked by curved cloistered remembrance gardens.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive, 1962, T S Cordiner
A Beaux Arts-influenced modernist complex in a peaceful parkland setting, comprising two ceremonial chambers, each with its own waiting facilities and flanked by curved cloistered remembrance gardens.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Architectural Notes
NS55NE 149.00 58435 58853
NS55NE 149.01 58302 58677 Lodges and Gate Piers (Carmonnock Parish)
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, Linn Crematorium.
Architect: T.S. Cordiner, 1962.
See 'Buildings of Scotland', 'Glasgow'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive. By T S Cordiner; opened in 1962. Long and low, but with a strongly mannered silhouette. Expressionist canopies on tapering pilotis stretch out either side of the central block.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
NS55NE 149.00 58435 58853
NS55NE 149.01 58302 58677 Lodges and Gate Piers (Carmonnock Parish)
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Lainshaw Drive, Linn Crematorium.
Architect: T.S. Cordiner, 1962.
See 'Buildings of Scotland', 'Glasgow'.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
Linn Crematorium, Lainshaw Drive. By T S Cordiner; opened in 1962. Long and low, but with a strongly mannered silhouette. Expressionist canopies on tapering pilotis stretch out either side of the central block.
E Williamson, A Riches and M Higgs 1990.
