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St George's Tron Church
The St George's Tron Church, in Glasgow, Scotland, is a Church of Scotland church in the city centre, located in Nelson Mandela Place near Queen Street Station. It should not be confused with the 17th-century Tron Church, which lies to the south-west on Trongate and was redeveloped in the 1980s as the Tron Theatre. Right on the busiest shopping street in Scotland (above Buchanan Street, Glasgow) the building is a significant presence, and the oldest in the area. It stands as a terminating vista for West George Street.
The building, which was commissioned by the City Fathers was designed by William Stark, was opened in 1808, originally as St. George's Parish Church. In 1815 Thomas Chalmers, later to be the leader of the evangelical party in the disruption of 1843, became minister of the church. A notable minister of the parish was Tom Allan, a key figure in the Scottish evangelical movement of the mid-20th century. Another notable minister, also an evangelical, was Eric Alexander, who served from 1977 to 1997.〔http://www.ericalexander.co.uk/biography.php〕 In 2012 the then minister and congregation seceded from the Church of Scotland and a new Church of Scotland congregation was established in the building in the following year.
==Refurbishment==
From 2007-9 the church building was extensively refurbished by CRGP architects and surveyors, at a cost of £3m, the vast majority of it raised by the then congregation.〔http://www.crgp.co.uk/news/city_centre_church_re-opens 〕 This restored a number of original features which had been concealed by practical alterations over the years as well as revealing and addressing structural weaknesses in the tower which could have been catastrophic if left unaddressed. The new interior is much more open and of contemporary design.〔http://www.fotolog.com/byronv2/48216727/〕
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