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OLD/NEW Competition winners announced!Pupils, families and teachers involved in the OLD/NEW heritage photographic competition gathered together at Glasgow City Heritage Trust's HQ earlier this month for the city-wide award ceremony. The images are on display at the GCHT gallery space until Christmas. |
Image taken by Runner-Up Carrie Malloch. |
Trust's 2008-09 Annual Report now available for download.We are pleased to announce our new annual report is available to download by clicking here |
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Trust moves to new Headquarters.Glasgow City Heritage Trust have moved...but only next door! After a spell sharing offices with the Merchant City Initiative, the Trust recently said goodbye and relocated to their own new premises at 54 Bell St. As well as a permanent office for the Trust’s team, the new space includes a lecture room and an exhibition space. A schedule of events, workshops, talks and exhibitions relating to conservation, heritage, architecture, regeneration and the City of Glasgow are planned, kicking off in September 2008 during Glasgow’s Built Heritage Festival. The new premises is fully accessible and open for business; if you’re passing please stop by to say hello. |
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Glasgow City Heritage Trust officially launched Key figures from the world of Scottish architectural heritage and conservation converged in the illustrious surroundings of Glasgow’s CCA recently, for the official launch of the Glasgow City Heritage Trust. Esteemed Scottish broadcaster Kirsty Wark was on hand to formally launch the Trust, accompanied by Chairman Bailie Hanzala Malik and Director of Development and Regeneration Services for Glasgow City Council, Steve Inch. All speakers expressed a passion for the architectural heritage of Glasgow and illustrated the importance of and necessity for the new city-wide Trust, in its work conserving, restoring and celebrating the unique historic environment of the City. |
The Trust were delighted to welcome Kirsty Wark to officially launch the new Trust.
Bailie Hanzala Malik, Chairman of the Trust, addresses the audience. |
Heritage is Looking Up in Glasgow!Glasgow City Heritage Trust has launched a new photography project for local schools, Looking Up, focusing on Glasgow’s ‘hidden’ architecture. The purpose of the competition is to record details of Glasgow’s historic built environment that are often missed at street level and only seen when looking up! The first group to take part in the competition were S3 art students from Hyndland Secondary School. The rain and dull skies did not deter these budding Ansel Adams’ and they were able to take many impressive shots throughout the Hyndland area. Judging was practically an impossible task due to the very high standard of the all the participants work but eventually Jack Low was declared the winner, for his perspective shot of the Cottiers tower. Runners-Up on the day were Jordan Skrynka and Emma McBride. Art teacher Alex Dempster commented “it was a great project for the pupils and they got a lot out of the day...this is a brilliant way to get people thinking about their everyday landscape and the heritage of the city that we sometimes take for granted”. An exhibition of selected images from the competition, including the overall winning photograph, will be on display at Glasgow City Heritage Trust’s gallery later in the year- keep an eye on our Events page for more information. If you are interested in finding out more about how your school can take part in this competition, please get in touch with us for more details.
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S3 pupil Jack low’s winning image. A selection of images from the day.
Pupils were out and about in Hyndland to photograph the city’s heritage. |
Trust goes City-wideAs of 1st April 2008, Glasgow City Heritage Trust can for the first time offer grants for comprehensive repair and restoration schemes to listed buildings across the City, including those outside Glasgow’s conservation areas. Previously, funding has been limited to buildings within these areas. This expansion to city-wide coverage will enable the Trust to invest further funds into preserving the unique character of the City’s historic built environment. If you have repair works to undertake to a listed building in Glasgow or a historic property within a conservation area, please contact us to see if we can help. (To find out if your building is listed or falls within one of the City’s conservation areas, click here and perform a property address search.)
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Aikenhead House, a category A listed mansion house in the Cathcart area of Glasgow. |
Glasgow City Heritage Trust...Six Months OnSince Glasgow City Heritage Trust’s work started in earnest back in 2007, they have invested over £225,000 in repair, conservation and restoration works to Glasgow’s historic built environment. This investment has been made through grants issued for windows, doors, roofs and stonework for both major public and residential historic buildings across the City. Recipient of the Trust’s first domestic buildings grant, Lynne Ward, says “The grant was a fabulous opportunity to both schedule my renovations sooner, thanks to the financial support, and also to get some technical support, invaluable for those who aren’t experts in conservation. I love the proportions and detail of the Glasgow tenements and it was important to me to try to retain original features and reflect the traditional craftsmanship of the time in my renovation works. The Trust is a counter-balance to any extra cost involved in undertaking such a high standard of work, ensuring there is a greater incentive for Glasgow residents such as myself to protect their properties for the future.”
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The team’s Grants Officer, Gordon Urquhart, contemplates the West End skyline. |
Mackintosh’s Queens Cross Church re-opensGlasgow City Heritage Trust has recently contributed £58,801 to aid the refurbishment of Queens Cross Church, the only church designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh to have been built and the Mackintosh Society's headquarters. The refurbishment project included repair work to the roof, stonework and leaded glass. The building is in the west of Glasgow and open to the public; visit the Mackintosh Society website for details and opening hours. |
Queens Cross Church. Image: CRM Society |







