Old Cathcart Parish Church

Situated down a side street and hidden from view are the ruins of Old Cathcart Church and Cemetery. The church was dedicated to St Oswald and was probably by James Dempster, 1830-3. It has been superseded by the present church on a nearby site outwith the churchyard. Only the tower (roofless) and W gable now survive.  Monuments in the churchyard include that to the Polmadie Martyrs (Thom, Cooke and Urie), executed in 1685 for their adherence to the Covenant, one to John McIntyre, builder in Glasgow and neighbour to Alexander "Greek" Thomson at Moray Place, by Alexander Thomson, 1867, one Commonwealth War Grave and many more. There is also a decorative round-arched mort-safe and a watch house built into boundary wall to SW of church with hood-moulded Gothic-arched doorway that may be near contemporary with church. B listed.