Ł70,000 award will help in restoration of masterpiece

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2004 / April 27

Glasgow City Council is to contribute almost Ł70,000 towards restoring an architectural masterpiece in the heart of the city. The grandeur of St Aloysius' RC Church, a category A-listed building with one of the most finely decorated interiors in the city, has faded over the years. But the council's award of Ł68,500 will help bring it back to its former glory. The church was built in 1910 to the design of Charles Menart, a Belgian architect, with the marble interior completed in 1927 by Ernst Scaufelberg, an Austrian. About Ł100,000 has been pledged by the Society of Jesus and the parishioners have raised another Ł260,000 towards the work. An application has also been made to the Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust.

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