GLASGOW CONSERVATION TRUST WEST

Due to the withdrawal of funding from Historic Scotland and Glasgow City Council, after sixteen years GCTW is scheduled to close at the end of March 2006. Glasgow City Council intends to establish a city-wide conservation body -- with the support of Historic Scotland -- in the next financial year, but no details have been released as to the remit of this new organisation.

For further details on the closure of GCTW, see the latest Convenor's Report. For a summary review of the Trust's work to date, see the items below or click here.

• Conservation Grants: The Trust co-ordinates capital grants for a variety of historic building and streetscape projects in the West End. A gallery of images displaying a variety of Trust projects over the years is available on-line.

• West End Conservation Manual: The Trust has published a detailed technical guide made up of thirteen separate sections devoted to different aspects of building conservation. In total, the Manual contains over 700 pages and more than 1,000 illustrations on the maintenance, repair and restoration of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. NOW UPDATED, REVISED AND AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM!! Click here for details.

• Maintenance and Design Guidelines: The Trust provides detailed guidance on the proper maintenance of older buildings within a Conservation Area.

• West End Lectures: An annual series of talks on the architectural and social history of the West End is held every autumn between October and December in conjunction with the Friend of Glasgow West (the Trust's support group) and the University of Glasgow's Department of Adult and Continuing Education.

• Friends of Glasgow West: The Trust is supported by a voluntary group now numbering over 200 members which publishes material on building conservation, organises public lectures, co-ordinates local history events and undertakes research in such areas as decorative glass and co-operative property management.

• Technical Library and Historical Archive: The Trust has a considerable collection of conservation and history resources, from technical books and journals to historic photographs and postcards.

• West End Festival: Through the Friends of Glasgow West, the Trust is involved in promoting the West End as a popular visitor destination, particularly during the annual West End Festival which takes place in June. This includes guided walks around historic districts such as Hillhead, Hyndland and Dowanhill, looking at the development of West End suburbs and the contributions of important architects such as Alexander "Greek" Thomson, Charles Wilson, James Thomson, J.J. Burnet and J.T. Rochead. More information on West End events is available at www.glasgowwestend.co.uk.

Please click here for a short history of Glasgow's West End.

For links to other Scottish & international sites on architectural conservation, historic preservation and cultural heritage, please visit the website produced by Robert Gordon University's Masonry Conservation Research Group.



This is the official website of the

Glasgow Conservation Trust West
30 Cranworth Street
Glasgow G12 8AG
(0141) 339 0092

updated December 2005.

Comments or queries are welcome. Please eMail to: mail@glasgowwest.org