ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST RC CHURCH, GLAISNOCK STREET.

In 1882, the 3rd Marquess of Bute, who had converted to Catholicism in 1868, gave financial assistance towards the erection of St John’s Church at the head of Glaisnock Street as a place of worship for Roman Catholics who had previously worshipped at Birnieknowe in Auchinleck parish. The designer of the building was William Burges who was noted for his work at Cardiff Castle and Cork Cathedral. In 1885 St John’s was the first church in the country to install electricity using a generator.

The stained-glass windows in the Church date from 1884 and were the work of N. J. Westlake who also designed the Bute window (1883) which was erected to John, Lord Bute by a grateful congregation.

Cumnock Action Plan with Cumnock History Group . Plaques funded by 9CC.