Gordon R Urquhart is the Postgraduate Course Director with Historic Environment Scotland. Gordon is the author of A Notable Ornament:Lansdowne Church – an icon of Victorian Glasgow.

Of the countless new churches to emerge in mid-Victorian Glasgow, few stoked as much controversy as Lansdowne United Presbyterian. The author of A Notable Ornament examines the events and personalities surrounding the construction of the Kelvinbridge landmark, and chart its early history through to 1915 and Alf Webster’s windows.