Funding for Glasgow’s “historic built fabric”
Ahead of Glasgow’s 850th birthday this year, the Glasgow City Heritage Trust has donated more than £145,000 to a series of community restoration projects.
The money will help to fund the refurbishment of the iconic Tron Theatre, which is more than five hundred years old.
Heritage Trust Director Niall Murphy is excited about the impact the funding will have on the historic building, located on one of Glasgow’s busiest streets.
He told The Standard: “We’re hoping to get involved in relighting the building and getting the Sharmanka kinetic sculpture up and running again.
“We also want to look at some way to get some kind of mural into the vault so it makes it more contemporary, more exciting, and a better way to tell Glasgow’s history.”
The Heritage Trust grants will also fund comprehensive repairs to a Victorian community hall in Castlemilk and a listed tenement building in Pollokshields; as well as the development of a mobile app by the Modernist Society and city walking tours by the Scottish Refugee Council.
Mr Murphy added: “We’re hoping that the 850 celebrations will help to make people realise that we need to invest in our historic built fabric and make it more sustainable.
“This is one of the ways we’re trying to do that and at the same time, raise civic pride in Glasgow.”
2025 will be a busy year for Glasgow, as the city celebrates its 850th birthday and prepares for the Commonwealth Games the following summer.
As people look forward to the future, the Heritage Trust’s work is vital in ensuring they don’t forget what has come before.
