Pollokshields Heritage

Pollokshields Heritage was formed in 1992 as a local conservation and amenity society. It supports the policy embodied in the Glasgow Local Plan for Pollokshields / Dumbreck. It aims to encourage development which enhances the fabric of the neighbourhood and to promote the maintenance of the character and quality of this unique garden suburb and tenement conservation areas.

Pollokshields Heritage aims, by charitable means only, to promote and encourage the following :

1.to stimulate public interest in all aspects of local environment.

2.to encourage development that enhances the area, having regard to amenity, open space and the character and vernacular of the area.

3.to support the conservation and/or restoration of buildings of importance, private or public.

4.to pursue these ends by meetings, lectures, publications and the promotion of schemes of a charitable nature.

To find out more about the group and find out ways to be invovled in helping them achieve their aims then visit their website - http://www.pollokshieldsheritage.org/

LECTURES SPRING 2011It’s a core part of Pollokshields Heritage’s mission to stimulate public interest in all aspects of the local environment which is why they have set up the below lecture series which all sound really interesting.

Thurs 27th January
Doug Pritchard – The Documentation of Scottish and World Heritage on

Doug Pritchard is the Director of the Centre for Digital Documentation and Visualisation (CDDV) and Head of Visualisation at the Glasgow School of Art. He is currently directing the Scottish 10 project, an ambitious five-year project to use cutting edge technology to create exceptionally accurate digital models of Scotland’s five UNESCO designated World Heritage Sites and five international ones, including Mount Rushmore, in order to better conserve and manage them

Wed 23rd February
Dr James Macauley – Charles Rennie Macintosh: Arts and Crafts? Modernist? Dr James Macaulay is a former senior lecturer at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and former chairman of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain and the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland.

Wednesday 23rd March
Dr Evelyn Silber – The Queen’s Park Arena Project on Dr Evelyn Silber is currently the Chair of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society and former Director of the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.

Wednesday 27th April
Professor Alan Dunlop – Thought lines after our AGM

Professor Alan Dunlop is an award winning architect and frequent commentator on architecture issues in the media. Southside Residents of Pollokshields will be very familiar with his Hazelwood School for the sensory impaired in Bellahouston Park.