Bringing old buildings back to life

Glasgow Building Preservation Trust is a charity that works to rescue, repair, restore and rehabilitate historic buildings at risk across the city. We work in partnership with others to give redundant buildings a new purpose and return them to their communities.

Glasgow Doors Open Days 2021 is GO!

​This year's programme includes 3D Models, Audio Trails, Competitions, Live Tours, Videos, Webinars and Presentations.

Don't worry if you missed any of the festival as you can watch all of the wonderful contributions on our Festival Website.

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About

The Trust also organises the annual Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival in September, which celebrates and promotes the city’s architecture and rich built heritage. The event sees over 100 buildings and sites open their doors for anyone to visit, along with an extensive programme of walks, talks, tours, children’s activities and much more – all for free!

​Visit the Glasgow Doors Open Days Festival website here

Download our 2020 Annual Report

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Projects

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​Current Projects

Recently Completed Projects

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"...during the course of a building preservation project, not just the stonework and the roof gets repaired, but also people’s hope, purpose, identity, community spirit, optimism and courage to take control of their future...”

Liz Davidson, Principal : City Design, Glasgow City Council

News

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Pollk Stables secures Levelling Up Fund award!

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Glasgow City Council has secured funding from the UK Government’s Levelling Up Fund for the restoration and redevelopment of Pollok Stables!

We congratulate GCC officers on pulling together the successful bid which will see just over £13m invested into the project to save the Category A Listed Building at Risk.

We are delighted that the work undertaken by Glasgow Building Preservation Trust and partners back in 2017/18 helped shape the successful bid.

Read more here.

Job Opportunity: 
​Come and lead GBPT!

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We are excited to invite you to consider applying for the role of Director and to lead Glasgow Building Preservation Trust in an exciting new chapter for the charity.

If you think you have the right mix of skills and experience in heritage, community development, capacity building, project management AND you’re motivated by delivering on behalf of community groups the sort of projects which no-one else could do, then we’d love to hear from you.

For more information, visit the micro-site here.

Whitevale Baths Feasibility Study

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We are now underway with a feasibility study and community consultation on the future of Whitevale Baths, a category B-Listed building in Glasgow's Gallowgate. It is the last surviving element of the extensive Whitevale Baths complex, once one of the largest in the city.

We are working closely with local childrens charity, PEEK Project to investigate future options for the building - find out more here.