My favourite building: The Willow Tea Rooms
In this personal reflection, Rachel Kacir shares memories of her time working in the Tea Rooms, the meticulous restoration supported by Glasgow City Heritage Trust, and the remarkable recreation of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s lost light fittings.
My favourite building: The Leyland Motor Company Building
By Niall Murphy, GCHT Director A SYMBOL OF URBAN NEGLECT The former Leyland Motor Company building, on Salkeld Street in Tradeston, caught my eye decades ago. As I still sail past it on the train every day on my commute, I have watched over recent decades as a tidemark of graffiti barnacled around its flanks. Tucked alongside […]
My favourite building: The Barrowland Ballroom
By Taylor Cross-Whiter, GCHT Heritage Officer WHERE GLASGOW MEETS THE WORLD The giant neon sign flashes red, yellow, green and blue as you eagerly join the queue waiting to get inside, before climbing the stairs sticky from decades of spilt drinks, and walking into a cavernous room with stars twinkling down from the ceiling. There […]
My favourite building: The Forth & Clyde Canal
By Gemma Wild, GCHT Heritage Manager STEEPED IN HISTORY When I’m asked what my favourite building in Glasgow is, I always cheat and say the Forth & Clyde Canal. It isn’t a ‘building’ strictly, but it is a man-made structure – does that count? You can keep your City Chambers, your Rennie Mackintosh’s and your […]
Glasgow City Heritage Trust Awards Over £145,000 in Grants to Celebrate Glasgow850
Glasgow City Heritage Trust Awards Over £145,000 in Grants to Celebrate Glasgow850
Celebrating a Year of Impact: GCHT Annual Report 2023-24
We’re excited to share our 2023-24 Annual Report, showcasing a year of milestones and a fresh new look with our updated branding! Here’s what we achieved together: 20 heritage projects grant-aided, with a total investment of £643,284.08, supporting the repair of 9 buildings and helping 192 property owners conserve Glasgow’s historic built environment. £69,999 invested […]
Celebrating 20 Years of Scotland’s City Heritage Trusts
This report showcases the achievements of Scotland’s City Heritage Trusts, and highlights their ongoing importance in caring for the historic built environment and contributing to a more sustainable Scotland.
Splashes of colours in the city: exploring Glasgow’s murals
For the last six months, since the very beginning of 2021, we enjoyed exploring various murals around Glasgow on our social media, using the hashtag #glasgowmuraloftheweek. This successful social media series proved to be a great way to appreciate and enjoy the historic built environment through an unusual and very colourful lens, particularly during months […]
From ceramic graffiti to guerrilla knitting: public art in lockdown Glasgow
Our latest blog explores some of the public art that has appeared in the city over the last year, including ceramic sculptures by Louise McVey and knitted and crocheted decorations at Haghill Public School.
Who are the minds behind Glasgow’s most famous parks? A peek into the lives of some of the people who made our city a “dear green place”
This blog is a quick peek into the lives of some of the philanthropists, sculptors, botanists and architects that made Glasgow the “dear green place” that we know today.
