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30/01/2014
Funding Announced For Glassworks Building
Environment Minister Mark H Durkan has announced funding of £125,000 to help conserve one of Derry's listed buildings.
The money will be given to Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin to help them purchase The Glassworks, formerly known as Great James' Street Presbyterian Church.
A grant scheme, run by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has been used to conserve the building. It is a non-government organisation scheme which is available to charities to enable them to purchase listed buildings which are 'at risk', and conserve their architectural and historic character.
In 2013, the Minister provided extra support to the fund as part of a range of initiatives aimed at supporting the built heritage of Derry's City of Culture.
The Glassworks will be the second building in the city to receive assistance under the scheme, after 31-33 Shipquay Street.
Commenting on the funding, Minister Durkan said: "Today's announcement is a significant boost for Derry's built heritage. Our financial support will allow the building's owners, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, to buy this long term building at risk.
"The Glassworks is a hugely important listed building within the city. Not only is it a fine building in its own right but it is also an important part of the Clarendon Street Conservation Area.
"As we have seen from the success of 'Other Voices', Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and other events held in the building during 2013, it is also a very fine music venue.
"This purchase will allow plans to be put in place for the building's conservation and for the venue to become an important part of the legacy of the City of Culture.
"This is what my Department is about - supporting and encouraging the beneficial use of our heritage to realise its full economic and social potential. I look forward to providing further support once a scheme of repairs has been developed."
The former Great James' Street Presbyterian Church was listed at grade B+ in the 1970s and is one of 11 such buildings in the Derry City Council area, but it has been vacant and under used since stained glass workshops left the building in 2002. For the last ten years it has been highlighted on the NIEA's Built Heritage at Risk in Northern Ireland register (BHARNI), which is designed to bring attention to such buildings and encourage their reuse.
(JP/CD)
The money will be given to Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin to help them purchase The Glassworks, formerly known as Great James' Street Presbyterian Church.
A grant scheme, run by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) has been used to conserve the building. It is a non-government organisation scheme which is available to charities to enable them to purchase listed buildings which are 'at risk', and conserve their architectural and historic character.
In 2013, the Minister provided extra support to the fund as part of a range of initiatives aimed at supporting the built heritage of Derry's City of Culture.
The Glassworks will be the second building in the city to receive assistance under the scheme, after 31-33 Shipquay Street.
Commenting on the funding, Minister Durkan said: "Today's announcement is a significant boost for Derry's built heritage. Our financial support will allow the building's owners, Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, to buy this long term building at risk.
"The Glassworks is a hugely important listed building within the city. Not only is it a fine building in its own right but it is also an important part of the Clarendon Street Conservation Area.
"As we have seen from the success of 'Other Voices', Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann and other events held in the building during 2013, it is also a very fine music venue.
"This purchase will allow plans to be put in place for the building's conservation and for the venue to become an important part of the legacy of the City of Culture.
"This is what my Department is about - supporting and encouraging the beneficial use of our heritage to realise its full economic and social potential. I look forward to providing further support once a scheme of repairs has been developed."
The former Great James' Street Presbyterian Church was listed at grade B+ in the 1970s and is one of 11 such buildings in the Derry City Council area, but it has been vacant and under used since stained glass workshops left the building in 2002. For the last ten years it has been highlighted on the NIEA's Built Heritage at Risk in Northern Ireland register (BHARNI), which is designed to bring attention to such buildings and encourage their reuse.
(JP/CD)
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