Roystonhill Spire & Park Project

Roystonhill Spire and Park, Glasgow, Scotland. May'04

Welcome to our website about The Roystonhill Spire, Glasgow. This impressive landmark on the city's skyline was formerly Townhead-Blochairn church, and has stood watching over the city centre since 1865.
You can read more about the history of the building, look at some pictures and video of our projects and view the news & news archive to see what's been happening. Many other items are available on the menu at the top of each page, and please visit our guestbook to leave your comments.

[page last updated 23/10/04]

News

September 2004 - Toby Paterson, a renowned Glasgow artist and designer for the Roystonhill Spire and Park Project, has launched a fund for art students to help his partner's memory live on.
Gillian Purvis died after a blaze tore through a block of flats above the Clarendon Bar, St. George's Cross. See this article in the Evening Times. A tree has been planted in Kelvingrove Park, in Gillian's memory.
All connected with the Roystonhill Spire and Park Project would like to extend their condolences, and support toThe Gillian Purvis Trust, 11 Rosslyn Terrace, Glasgow, G12 9NA. You can also donate to the trust via their website: www.gillianpurvistrust.org.

July 2004 - The Spire restoration and Spire and Parks project is on BBC4 TV's 'Restoration Nation' on Tuesday 13th July at 10.00pm, Saturday 17th July at 11.40pm and on BBC2 TV on Saturday 17th July at 8.15pm. See BBC4 listings and BBC2 listings

May 2004 - The Spire restoration and Spire and Parks project will be featured on BBC4 TV soon - more information to follow...

April 2004 - Margaret Poole was a great person and this Community Park and restoration project was one of many community projects she was crucial to. A tree was planted in memory of Margaret, in the grounds of Charles Street Workspace with a view of the Spire. She would`ve been highly embarrased at all the attention, but maybe secretly pleased too :)

tree planted in memory of Margaret Poole

Summer 2003 - It was with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Margaret Poole, after a long illness. Margaret was a tireless worker for the community, and the Spire & Park project could not have succeeded without her. We would like to extend our condolences to Margaret's family & friends.

June 2002 - You can visit an exhibition about the project at Glasgow's Lighthouse Gallery in Mitchell Lane (continues until 8th September 2002). The conferences and feedback events have also been taking place this month, and have proved very interesting. (more photos etc. to be posted soon)

March 2002 - You can take a look at a summary of Stage3 of the Royston Road Project on this page, in the form of a downloadable final report detailing most of the artist-residencies and other events in this phase of the project.

February 2002 - This is a picture taken last year of the Spire from Sighthill Park. The standing stones at Sighthill are an unusual feature, which often go unnoticed. They are in astronomical alignment - you can view an alignment diagram via this link

Sighthill Stones Astronomical Alignment

Movie - A 4 minute short film of the history of the project can be viewed here. It is available in two versions, for slow modem connections

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More pictures and movies of the Spire and Park will be uploaded soon.

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