2017–18

ANNUAL REPORTConserving, enhancing and promoting Glasgow’s historic built environment

TO OUR ANNUAL REPORT

WELCOME

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2017/18

This year has been one of reflection, on all the Trust has achieved since 2007 as we celebrated our 10th anniversary in 2017 and looking ahead as we developed a new Strategic Plan for the Trust looking forward to 2021.

An exhibition and accompanying publication showcasing some of the fantastic projects the Trust has been able to support over the past ten years was launched in September 2017 at our anniversary celebration event in the magnificent Grand Hall at The Merchants House in George Square. The event was a great opportunity for us to thank our many supporters and Friends who have made our work possible.

Through our Building Repair Grants programme this year we have offered grants to support 16 properties across our four priority areas enabling the repair and restoration of some of Glasgow’s significant historic buildings, including five vacant or ‘At Risk’ buildings. As we move forward into a new Strategic Plan period we will be shifting away from a tight focus on target areas towards ensuring that any prospective project can deliver a variety of social, environmental, and economic benefits to Glasgow and its communities.

As the focus of our work changes, Heritage Outreach and Community Engagement work continues to expand. This year has seen us develop a new strategy for these strands of work, allowing us to better prioritise our activities and find new ways of working. The runaway success of our Lost Glasgow exhibition, in partnership with the popular Facebook page, will be hard to match and it was wonderful to hear so many stories and memories shared by visitors. This year our first Community Engagement Officer joined us and so we have been able to maximise our potential to meet community needs and aspirations. This year the post has focussed largely on engaging with business owners in Shawlands to promote the Shopfront Improvement Programme, which resulted in 15 offers of grant to improve shopfronts. We have also created a new Kid’s Heritage Trail with Parkhead THI and we will be building on this work to involve young people in creating trails for their local area over the next year.

During the year we welcomed a new Traditional Skills Officer to the team and we have been able to continue to offer high quality, affordable training to property owners, contractors, professionals and students in maintaining and conserving Glasgow’s historic built environment. The fantastic Apprenticeship Week event which we organised as part of the Glasgow Traditional Buildings Forum was a great highlight of the year with around 100 school-aged young people trying their hand at practical building skills on Buchanan Street.

Our Board of Trustees continues to work hard to ensure that the Trust delivers a high-quality service for the people and organisations we support. We welcomed a new Trustee to the board this year, Joe Logan, who comes to us with extensive experience as an architect developer. We remain grateful as always to our principal funders, Historic Environment Scotland and Glasgow City Council, and our loyal Friends group for their continuing support which makes everything that we do possible.

I hope you enjoy reading our highlights from the past year.

TOM O’CONNELL – CHAIR

OUR MISSION:

Through our conservation grants programmes people will enjoy, understand and care for Glasgow’s historic built environment and will be able to access funding and expertise which will ensure the sustainability of the City’s heritage for current and future generations.

WE DO THIS BY:

• Grant-aiding historic building repairs, project development and conservation work;

• Giving technical advice;

• Coordinating and funding training sessions focused on traditional building skills, methods and materials;

• Hosting a range of exhibitions and displays in our public gallery space;

• Running a series of talks, debates and special events;

• Working with local organisations to support and fund a range of heritage projects.

OUR TEAM:

We are a team of seven staff with a voluntary Board of Trustees. The GCHT team and Chair are grateful to the Trustees for their service this year, without which the Trust would not be able to function as it does.

OUR SUPPORTERS:

Glasgow City Heritage Trust is an independent charity, supported by Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland and our Friends. We are very grateful to our principal funders and Friends for their continuing support.

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18We’ve grant-aided the repair of 18 buildings to help 54 property owners conserve and regenerate Glasgow’s historic built environment.

We helped to rescue 5 buildings which were vacant or on the Buildings at Risk Register.

In total we’ve provided grants of £992,038 to repair Glasgow’s historic built environment.

We’ve also invested £49,998 in education, outreach and community engagement projects encouraging people who live and work in the city to learn about our rich built heritage.

We’ve organised 17 conservation and traditional skills training opportunities, helping 727 professionals, contractors and homeowners to develop their skills and knowledge.

We’ve held 21 public events, such as talks, debates, and guided walks, helping more than 6000 people find out more about Glasgow’s heritage.

We offered grants to 6 local organisations and individuals to deliver outreach and education projects for their communities.

This helped to secure a further £12.9 million investment from other sources, so for every £1 we invested another £13 was spent on improving Glasgow’s historic environment.

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IMPACTOURENJOYING,

UNDERSTANDING AND CARING FOR GLASGOW’S HISTORIC BUILT ENVIRONMENT

GLASGOW CITY HERITAGE TRUST

10TH ANNIVERSARY

2007–2017

2017 saw us celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Trust by looking back on what we have achieved over the last decade. A new exhibition - 10 Years / 10 Buildings - delved into our archives to explore just a few of the fantastic conservation projects the Trust has supported over the last decade.

The exhibition at our HQ at 54 Bell Street explored the impact we have made in 10 years protecting and celebrating Glasgow’s historic environment. Between 2007 and 2017 we invested over £9.5million in building repairs in the city.

Visitors were also invited to take a peek inside our archives as we revisited and celebrated some of these projects from the Trust’s very first building repair grant to aid the refurbishment of Queens Cross Church, to more recent projects such as the South Rotunda in Govan Road.

An accompanying publication was produced, which is available for free from our offices or as a downloadable pdf on our website.

The exhibition and publication were launched at a special event in September 2017 at The Merchants House in George Square, where we were able to thank our many supporters, partners and Friends who have made all of this work possible.

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We grant-aided the repair of 18 buildings, to help 54 property owners.

BUILDING REPAIR GRANTS AND CONSERVATION AREAS

Glasgow City Heritage Trust works to conserve and enhance the built environment of Glasgow, with funding allocated by Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland. The Trust offered Building Repair Grants across Glasgow’s Conservation Areas and for priority projects outside these areas.

“ WE HAVE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO GLASGOW CITY HERITAGE TRUST FOR THE SUPPORT THEY PROVIDED TOWARDS THE RESTORATION

TO OUR BUILDING AT 68 GLASSFORD STREET. THE STONE FAÇADE HAD BEEN HIDDEN BEHIND NUMEROUS COATS OF RENDER AND PAINT WHICH

HAD CAUSED SIGNIFICANT EROSION. DURING THE EXTENSIVE REPAIRS WE CONSULTED GCHT CLOSELY CONCERNING DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT

THE REPAIRS AND WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT OUR BUILDING HAS BEEN RESTORED TO LOOK LIKE IT’S ORIGINAL STATE. WE ARE PLEASED AND

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£992,038In total we’ve provided grants of £992,038 to repair Glasgow’s historic built environment.

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REPAIRBUILDING

119/121 FOTHERINGAY ROAD GCHT Building Repair Grant: £91,384 Total Project Costs: £276,799

Over the last two years, the Trust has been working in collaboration with the Glasgow City Council Development and Regeneration Services Pre-1919 Tenement Scheme on comprehensive repair proposals for tenements within our target conservation areas. Glasgow City Council’s Pre-1919 Tenement Scheme will provide a top up to the GCHT grant to take the grant funded element to approximately 50% of the repair costs. An unlisted tenement at 119/121 Fotheringay Road in the East Pollokshields Conservation Area is the first of these repair schemes to be completed.

This elegantly proportioned red sandstone Glasgow style tenement of circa 1910, with its Gibbs surround doorcases and console bracketed eaves, is amongst the last traditional tenements to be built in Glasgow. Unfortunately, the tenement was suffering from the poor condition of the party wall chimney and the non-indigenous concrete tile replacement roof, which was at the end of its serviceable life, resulting in extensive water ingress to the flats on the west side of the close.

Due to the Trust’s grant of £91,384 - topped up by the Pre-1919 Tenement Scheme plus owner contributions - the tenement’s concrete tile roof has been entirely replaced by a more appropriate natural slate roof with all the lead flashings replaced, the chimney rebuilt in red sandstone, the large skylight over the close renewed, there have been stone repairs and repointing in lime mortar to the front and rear elevations and the timber eaves repaired and re-painted.

ANCHOR LINE BUILDING, 12-16 ST VINCENT PLACE GCHT Building Repair Grant: £100,000 Total Project Costs: £6,429,282

In March 2017 GCHT awarded the Category A-listed Anchor Line building, at 12-16 St Vincent Place, a building repair grant towards its re-use as an apartment hotel. Having lain empty for more than a decade the building has been on the Building at Risk Register (ref: 4817) since 2010.

This elegant faience clad Edwardian commercial building of 1906-7 is the best-known example of architect James Miller’s predilection for white architecture – largely inspired by the ‘White City’ architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893 – and shows the influence of American Classicism. The problem for Miller was in grimy industrial Glasgow how do you keep these white surfaces clean – hence the use of Doulton Carrara wear on the main facade. The building was also known for being Cunard’s Glasgow booking office with huge models of the RMS Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in each window; however, the banded use of green and white bricks on the chimneys retains this nautical air.

The Trust were keen to see the Anchor Line brought back into sustainable use as it is one of the most notable vacant buildings within Glasgow’s city centre. Therefore, the Trust’s grant contributed to the refurbishment and renewal of sash and case and Crittall windows, replacement of cast iron rainwater goods and repairs to the faience, stonework and associated repointing.

68-74 GLASSFORD STREET AND 76 GLASSFORD STREET GCHT Building Repair Grant: £47,847 + £82,285 Total Project costs: £338,000

Surviving late Georgian buildings in the Glasgow Central Conservation Area are increasingly rare, therefore, GCHT was keen to support a comprehensive repair project involving two listed neighbouring Georgian tenements at 68-74 Glassford Street (Category C-listed) and 76 Glassford Street (Category B-listed) awarding £82,285 and £47,847 respectively.

Though now converted to shipping offices on their upper floors, these two mixed-use tenements give a good idea of what the original tenement matrix of the Merchant City would have been like. In addition, though comparatively modest, these two tenements, the gable end one at 76 Glassford Street in particular, provide the setting for Robert Adam’s Trades House so are essential to an understanding of how the Georgian Glaswegians carefully planned their expanding city.

The Trust’s grant covers minor structural repairs, stonework including indenting and repointing, lime render, leadwork, renewal of sand mastic to windows and reinstatement of cast iron rainwater goods. After the non-original paint and areas of cement slaister were removed from the tenement at 76 Glassford Street it was discovered that the gable had, at some point in the past, been largely rebuilt in imperial brick which probably explains why it was rendered in cement. As reinstating this in stone would have been prohibitive a pragmatic decision was made to re-render the gable in a lime render.

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SHAWMUIR LODGE GCHT Building Repair Grant: £91,000 Total Project Costs: £344,466

In 2016 GCHT awarded Shawmuir Lodge just over £91,000 worth of grant funding towards the external conservation repair element of a wider comprehensive repair scheme to rehabilitate the building for use by the Scottish Veterans’ Garden City Association so that this ‘Common Good’ property could be adapted to accommodate a military veteran. This project completed his year.

Though it was in very poor condition for a number of years, the Category B-Listed Shawmuir Lodge was specifically designed by Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, for his client Sir John Stirling Maxwell, as a preamble to the architecture of Pollok House. It reflects in miniature the large additions to Pollok House that Rowand Anderson designed from 1890 onwards. As such Shawmuir Lodge, with its single emphatic chimney on which the date 1891 has been carved, is a well-proportioned neo-classical gem with a distinct James Gibbs and William Adam flavour which extends through to the beautiful wrought iron gates to Pollok Estate with their urn-capped gatepiers. To underscore how much it is loved locally, dog walkers passing the site would frequently make enquiries as to what was happening.

The Trust was keen to support Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in their efforts to bring Shawmuir Lodge back into use and the grant covered minor structural repairs, stonework including indenting and repointing, slatework and leadwork, renewal of windows and reinstatement of cast iron rainwater goods. We were delighted to see Shawmuir Lodge reopened by Lord Provost Eva Bolander on 29 March 2018.

BEFORE AFTER

OUTREACHHERITAGE

Glasgow City Heritage Trust delivers projects and awards grants for education and heritage promotion projects in the City, which focus on Glasgow’s historic built environment. We want communities across the city to understand and value their local heritage and our Heritage Outreach programme focuses on the importance of being rooted in local needs, while connecting these needs to the broader national agendas in the historic environment.

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21We offered grants to 6 organisations and individuals to support local outreach and education projects including Friends of Garnethill Greenspaces, artist Marija Nemcenko, Govan Ferry, Recollective and Govanhill Baths Community Trust.

IN 2017/18:

We invested £49,998 in education, outreach and community engagement projects.

We held 21 public events - including 11 talks, 2 debates and 5 guided walks - engaging over 6000 people with Glasgow’s unique heritage.

We delivered the hugely successful Lost Glasgow exhibition, which has since toured community venues in Glasgow.

WE WANT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND AND VALUE THEIR LOCAL HERITAGE

LOST GLASGOW:

MORE THAN JUST MEMORIES EXHIBITION Grant awarded: £5,000

In 2017 GCHT partnered with Norry Wilson the curator of the Lost Glasgow Facebook page to deliver an interactive exhibition of archive photography of Glasgow’s buildings, places and people. The Lost Glasgow Facebook page is something of a phenomenon with over 145,000 followers all over the world, sharing memories and photographs of Glasgow’s past. The exhibition was designed by Shirley Lochhead of Tea & Type and allowed visitors to get hands on with photographs, with information and stories on the back from Norry and his readership.

We had an unprecedented response to the exhibition with over 5,500 visitors in 8 weeks at the Trust’s HQ at 54 Bell Street. 72% of visitors had not previously heard of GCHT, so this was a fantastic opportunity to raise awareness of the Trust and of the need to conserve and promote Glasgow’s heritage to a wide audience. We also ran an evening talk and a guided walk to coincide with the exhibition, which were both sold out. Since then the exhibition has toured community venues in Glasgow including Maryhill Burgh Halls and Arlington Baths Club.

MEMORIESMORE THAN JUST

“THE BEST THING WAS THE MEMORIES IT BROUGHT BACK AND REMEMBERING HOW THINGS WERE AND HOW MUCH GLASGOW HAS EVOLVED AS A CITY.”EXHIBITION VISITOR – JUNE 2017

“I LOVE THE INTERACTIVE NATURE OF THE EXHIBITION – HOW VISITORS CAN

REARRANGE THE PHOTOS AND PICK THEM UP TO READ CAPTIONS. REALLY

ACCESSIBLE AND FRIENDLY. LOVE IT!” EXHIBITION VISITOR – JUNE 2017

THOMSON’S TALES:

THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND Grant awarded: £4,518

To celebrate the bicentenary of Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson, architect of Holmwood House, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) planned a programme of events designed to engage with the local community, encourage a broader demographic to visit the House and to connect with local school children. Thomson’s Tales was a series of artist-led creative workshops for young people. The project was a pilot to test various types of activities that were outwith the properties normal operations, part in celebration of the bicentennial and part with the view to attracting new audiences to the property.

Workshops were delivered to the public at events and to a local primary school. In total 90 school children visited the property twice and created an activity sheet for children that will be used as a valuable resource to enhance the experience for children visiting the property. At the Garden Party events 200 people participated in ‘soft troy’ workshops with an additional 300 spectators. 62% of visitors to the Garden Party had never been to an event before, many didn’t know about the property at all before.

TALESTHOMSON’S

“WE CONNECTED WITH OUR VISITORS IN A WAY THAT WE HADN’T EXPLORED BEFORE… THE CHILDREN WERE ALL LOCAL AND ARE

NOW ENTHUSED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ALEXANDER THOMSON AND TO RETURN

FOR THE EVENTS THAT THE PROPERTY RUNS DURING THE HOLIDAYS. GUIDES

WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE WORKSHOPS NOTICED SEVERAL OF THE CHILDREN AT OUR

CHRISTMAS EVENT – ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE BUT CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING! ”

“I’M GOING TO COME BACK WITH MY MUM TO SHOW HER WHAT WE DID. ”

JULIE GILLILAND, PROPERTY MANAGER HOLMWOOD, NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND

PARTICIPANT IN THE SCHOOLS WORKSHOP

HISTORICGLASGOW’S

GLASGOW’S HISTORIC BUILT

ENVIRONMENT FORUM Grant awarded: £5,000

In early 2018, the Trust engaged an external consultant in order to undertake a comprehensive study into the state of Glasgow’s historic built environment, bringing together both qualitative and quantitative data specific to Glasgow. Feedback was gathered from key stakeholders and online surveys which together gathered opinions from the wider community and community councils. The study formed the framework and background information for a one-day forum at the Glasgow City Chambers in April 2018.

The study and forum’s results and interactive mapping will be widely disseminated through GCHT’s website. Prior to and during the research It was clear that this kind of information is difficult to access and that there was a demand for a ‘one stop shop’ where information on Glasgow’s heritage can be found easily.

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

ENGAGEMENTCOMMUNITY

In 2017 GCHT recruited its first Community Engagement Officer. Deepening our knowledge and understanding of the communities we serve will ensure that we play a more effective role in developing community skills and understanding in Glasgow’s historic environment. In the first year our Community Engagement programme has focussed on engagement with the business community in Shawlands, promoting a Shopfront Improvement Scheme.

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92% said they would use what they had learnt to improve their local area.

We offered 15 shopfront improvement grants.

We organised a Community Right to Buy event with over 50 attendees.

We created a new Kid’s Heritage Trail for Parkhead.

We delivered 1 traditional signwriting workshop.

IN 2017/18:

We spoke to 170 shopkeepers in Shawlands to promote the Shopfronts Improvement Scheme.

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Over the last financial year, the Trust has been working on behalf of Glasgow City Council to deliver the Shawlands Shopfront Grants Scheme. Unusually for the Trust this project was not just confined to the Shawlands Cross Conservation Area but extended to cover the whole of Shawlands Town Centre. As such there were two grants schemes, one for reinstatement of historic shopfronts and the other for investment in improvements to modern shopfronts. Glasgow City Council provided an additional grant of £100,000 for this programme and the total sum was committed within the year.

An initial survey identified the areas of the town centre in highest need of investment while meetings were attended to promote the scheme to a variety of stakeholders including local residents, the community council and property factors. The Traditional Skills Officer also organised a full day workshop in traditional sign writing at the Jangling Space Makers Co-operative in Shawlands Arcade. Door-to-door discussions with all 170+ shop owners by the Community Engagement Officer with support from the Historic Building Grants Manager resulted in 15 shopfront grants being offered. We are particularly hopeful of a high regeneration impact from offering grants to the row of shops in the Category B-Listed Glasgow style Camphill Gate tenement. A good example of a modern shopfront improvement outwith the conservation area is Newlands Café at 262 Kilmarnock Road where a 35% grant of £8,316 assisted towards the replacement of a tired non- traditional shopfront with Dutch canopy with a more appropriate modern double-glazed shopfront with awning and new signage, significantly increasing the daylight within the shop and its kerb appeal.

SHOPFRONTSHAWLANDS

GRANTS SCHEME

UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITY

RIGHT TO BUY

In March we hosted an event at Govanhill Baths in partnership with the Built Environment Forum Scotland (BEFS) about the new community right to buy abandoned, neglected, or detrimental land. This legislation offers communities significant power to acquire land and buildings if ‘wholly abandoned or neglected’, or if their use or management is causing harm to the environmental wellbeing of the community.

Throughout the evening we heard from a variety of organisations, including the Community Ownership Support Service, Historic Environment Scotland and Action Porty, who are leading the first urban community buy-out in Scotland at Portobello Old Parish Church in Edinburgh. There was discussion about what land is eligible, which community bodies can apply and the process for doing so. There were also opportunities for people to ask questions and pick up information. The event was free and attracted considerable interest, with nearly 50 attendees. It proved successful, with 92% of respondents saying they would use what they had learnt to improve their local area.

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92% OF RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WOULD USE WHAT THEY HAD LEARNT TO IMPROVE THEIR LOCAL AREA

SKILLSTRADITIONAL

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IN 2017/18:

We delivered 7 lunchtime training events to 128 attendees

We ran 8 Traditional Skills taster sessions and workshops, letting 546 people get hands-on with traditional building skills and materials

“IT WAS SUCH AN INTERESTING SESSION AND I’VE REALLY LEARNT

A LOT. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THE DEMONSTRATIONS TOO. GREAT WAY

TO ILLUSTRATE IT ALL.” CPD ATTENDEE, STONE MATCHING WITH

DR CALLUM GRAHAM, MARCH 2018

• Over 1/3 of lunchtime training attendees in 2017/2018 were visiting GCHT for the first time.

• 25% reported “I will pursue further training in the subject”

• 63% reported “I have learned about technical conservation”

• 64% reported “I learned new conservation skills / techniques”

• 100% of attendees reported “I will use what I’ve learned to maintain my own property”

The Trust’s programme of traditional skills training targets contractors, craftspeople, professionals, communities and homeowners and aims to train and educate those responsible for the upkeep of Glasgow’s built heritage, encourage best practice, and showcase career opportunities in the heritage and construction sectors.

“THOROUGH GUIDE IN JUST OVER 1HR”

CPD ATTENDEE, GEOLOGY OF BUILDING STONE WITH DR CALLUM GRAHAM, FEBRUARY 2018

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TENEMENT MAINTENANCE

FOR HOMEOWNERS

In collaboration with Annie Flint and John Gilbert of Under One Roof, we delivered ‘Looking Up & Looking Out’ events in two of the trusts priority areas (Shawlands, Central). Scheduled in the run up to the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) National Maintenance Week these events aimed to provide homeowners with the skills and knowledge to better maintain their properties, as well as how to work more collaboratively with neighbours when tackling communal repairs.

We were fortunate to work closely with the residents of Camphill Gate, and in doing so gained access to the roof space of the Category B-listed five storey Camphill Gate tenement. This enabled those attending to see up close many of the details and defects which would usually only be observed from the ground, providing the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the potential problems affecting their own property.

To encourage those attending to be proactive in exploring the buildings and wider area in search of common defect, a toolkit of small scale interventions was created and installed highlighting potential problems. Each participant was provided with worksheets to fill in, binoculars and an inspection mirror which they were required to use in order to discover clues and information.

Both events were complemented with a series of presentations which touched on the rights and responsibilities when living in a tenement property, as well as hearing first hand from the residents of Camphill Gate about their experiences of tackling a large scale extensive repairs project.

These events coincided with the reworking of the trusts ‘Birds Eye View’ leaflet, to include more information regarding communal repairs, as well as a tear off maintenance plan. We have utilised the Trust’s social media channels throughout the year to highlight the role of good maintenance as well as the important differences between traditional and modern construction methods when tackling repairs.

JANGLING SPACE

WORKSHOP

SIGN WRITING

A key aim for the workshop was to highlight how traditional skills training can be delivered in a way that provides tangible outcomes and addresses a specific need, in this case providing the Jangling Space with a much-needed sign. It is the ambition that the Traditional Skills Programme will utilise this approach to provide a very clear link between the practical application of traditional skills and materials, and their role in conserving and maintaining Glasgow’s historic built environment.

LEARNING THESE SKILLS THROUGH HANDS ON APPLICATION AND SEEING OUR RESULTANT SIGN FOR OUR SPACE WAS SUPER REWARDING. ZOE AND MICHAEL ARE EXCELLENT TEACHERS, SIGN PAINTING IS MUCH HARDER THAN IT LOOKS!” WORKSHOP ATTENDEE, JANGLING SPACE SIGN WRITING WITH ZOE PEARSON, MARCH 2018

In collaboration with Jangling Space Makers Cooperative and artist Zoe Pearson, we delivered a full day workshop covering traditional sign writing techniques attended by the 8 co-founders of the cooperative. Over the duration of the day attendees learned about the history of traditional shopfronts in Glasgow, and then applied these skills to create a new sign which was hung above the entrance to the space. (Just in time for the official opening the following day!)

The workshop provided an opportunity to explore traditional skills in a contemporary way, showcasing how the techniques and materials can be applied and are relevant to a whole host of different projects.

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INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies 155,620 - - 155,620 154,549

Charitable activities

Historic environment support 94,292 577,374 - 671,666 967,171

Other trading activities 75,182 - - 75,182 96,816

Investment income 7,607 - - 7,607 11,318

Total income and endowments 332,701 577,374 - 910,075 1,229,854

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

Historic environment support 313,541 494,715 8,568 816,824 1,157,564

NET INCOME (EXPENDITURE)

Before other recognised

gains and losses 19,160 82,659 (8,568 ) 93,251 72,290

Net movement in funds 19,160 82,659 (8,568) 93,251 72,290

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward 275,147 34,330 137,283 446,760 374,470

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 294,307 116,989 128,715 540,011 446,760

FINANCIALSTATEMENT OF

ACTIVITIES

PATRON: Professor John Hume OBE, BSc ARCST, Hon FRIAS, FSA Scot

BOARD MEMBERS SERVING: Tom O’Connell, ChairRebecca Cadie, Vice ChairAngus Kennedy, TreasurerNick BlairMichael GaleAlistair MacDonald May MillerJohn McGeeJoe LoganCouncillor Christy MearnsCouncillor Greg Hepburn

CO-OPTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS:Fergus Sutherland, Co-opted Member on Outreach CommitteeSusan Hanlin, Co-opted Member on Grants Committee

STAFF MEMBERS: Torsten Haak, Director & Company SecretaryMaggie Mercer, Office ManagerNiall Murphy, Historic Building Grants ManagerGemma Wild, Heritage Outreach ManagerMichael Goodger, Traditional Skills Officer (from June 2017)Thom Simmons, Traditional Skills Officer (April 2017)Rachel Kacir, Community Engagement OfficerSarah Kettles, Development Manager (from May 2017)Professor Robin Webster, Development Consultant

Scottish Charity Number: SC038640 Company registered in Scotland: SC318618

Registered Office: 54 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LQ

Auditors: French Duncan LLP

Supported by: Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland

Glasgow City Heritage Trust is supported by Glasgow City Council and Historic Environment Scotland Company Number: SC318618 Scottish Charity Number: SC038640

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