1885 – Thomas Coats Memorial Church, Paisley, Scotland

A competition was held in 1885 for the design of the church with the selection of six pre-qualified architects. Known as The Baptist Cathedral of Europe, designed by Hippolyte J. Blanc, Thomas Coats Memorial Baptist Church opened in 1894, it was built by the Coats family in memory of Thomas Coats who died in 1883. The church is built in the Gothic Revival style in red sandstone, cruciform in shape with flying buttresses along the nave and transepts. The central tower rises to an open crown steeple. Now in use as an event space and known as Coats Paisley.