Heritage Lottery win for Govan Cross

Great news for Govan, the Heritage Lottery fund has awarded a grant of £939,000. The award will enable the local community to revitalise Govan Cross.

HLF’s earmarked grant of £939,000 plus £25,000 of development funding will enable the local community to revitalise Govan Cross, helping it to become a better place to live, work and visit. The scheme concentrates on the Pearce Institute, a striking example of Edwardian architecture, gifted to the people of Govan in 1906 in memory of Sir William Pearce, Chairman of the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company and Govan’s flamboyant first Member of Parliament. The Pearce Institute’s historic features will be repaired and restored, as will the buildings, shops and streets in the surrounding areas.

Links: Heritage Lottery Fund