Church Overview

St Joseph’s is a tall red sandstone building and is a prominent landmark on the Glasgow Road through Blantyre, a Lanarkshire town between Glasgow and Hamilton. The church was designed in Gothic Revival style by Pugin & Pugin; building started in 1903 and the church opened in 1905, one year after the death of Peter Paul Pugin.  The building consists of a large nave with side aisles with a chancel at the east end and a baptistery at the west end of the south aisle.

Fine arcaded interior with clerestory windows. The reredos of Caen marble and altar of Carrara marble were designed by Ernest Schoefelberg, 1928. The Sacred Heart Altar of white Sicilian and coloured marbles was installed in the baptistery in 1948.  The east rose window is by John Hardman Studio, 1948, and depicts the Holy Spirit with emblems of the Four Evangelists.

Services

Saturday Vigil 5.00 pm

Sunday: 10.00 am, 12.00 noon, 6.30 pm

Weekdays: 10.00 am

Opening Arrangements

Open by arrangement

Disclaimer

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