On Sunday 22nd September 2024 12-4pm, we are having an event for Doors Open Day. Andy Cuthbertson will take you on a journey through the History of the Garngad. Andy is Community Development Officer from RDT and has previously given historic tours for King Charles and delivered talks around the country. N.B. The talk on […]
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Discover the history of a landmark building and the park project inspired by it. Roystonhill Spire is the only remaining part of Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church, built 1866 – which featured glass by Cottier and Morris, and sculptures by Mossman. This tour aims to give a flavour of what was one of the most beautifully decorated
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Birds-eye view – a photo taken from the Roystonhill Spire by our steeplejacks. Today we commemorate that on 8th June 1866 – 155 years ago – the church on Roystonhill opened. The view must have looked very different back then. What is now called Roystonhill Spire is the only remaining part of Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church,
A Christmas look back at the interior of Townhead Blochairn church and its tree in 1974. Photos taken by Catherine Houston, and her father Rev Freddie Houston can be seen in one pic. You can browse this website to see more of the stained glass and history of the church. In 2020 Rosemount Development
If you take a lockdown exercise in Glasgow Necropolis, then look out for the marking “J&G Mossman” on the base of many of the grave monuments. Mossman & Co were Glasgow’s greatest Victorian-era sculptors, and also made sculpted stone heads for Townhead-Blochairn church – now the Roystonhill Spire. Some of the very weathered remains of
We think this might be the earliest photo of Roystonhill and the Spire – zoomed-in from an image of Glasgow Cathedral in 1893… 127 years ago! Do you know of any earlier pictures? Back then there was the Monkland Canal where the M8 motorway now runs, and the houses to the left of the spire
In 2019 Rosemount Development Trust’s local heritage project saw people from all ages and backgrounds getting together to look at the history (and pre-history) of the area. A series of ten workshops took place with local schools, a youth group, the 50+ Young at heart Club and at Rosemount Lifelong Learning. Three of Rosemount Development
Mossman Heads, community and landscape The large pieces of stonework in the park are remnants of Townhead church (1866-1997) Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church, which stood on this site, featured a series of sculptures by John Mossman above the pillars that supported the gallery arches of the church. Mossman was a talented and prolific craftsman, the eldest
Mosaics and Royston’s Rose The Spire Park’s landscaping outlines the footprint of Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church which stood here for over 130 years. Around the perimeter of the former church are a series of mosaics – artist Jane McInally worked with community groups of all ages to create 12 mosaic panels reflecting the history of Garngad
A beacon which can be seen across the city Roystonhill Spire was originally part of Townhead Parish Church built in 1865 – 66 by the architect J.J. Stevenson of Campbell Douglas and Stevenson. What remains of Townhead Church now forms the north boundary of the Spire Park. Its doorways, within gothic arches, provide access and
