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A priceless stained glass window at risk of collapsing will be carefully dismantled within weeks. The 20ft work of art at Lansdowne Parish Church in Great Western Road, was desperately in need of repair.Now the Pilgrim Trust, an American organisation, has provided £15,000 to cover the cost of removing the window, which is made up of thousands of tiny pieces of glass.
The Four Acres Trust, which runs the Cottier Theatre complex, wants to buy the building from the Church of Scotland, restore it and turn it into a bar, restaurant and theatre. The theatre would double as a meeting place for Sunday church services.
Restoring the church, which has the tallest spire in Glasgow, could cost up to £4 million.
Lansdowne minister, the Reverend Roy Henderson, said: "I am hugely relieved and excited the window will be coming down because we have been worried for years about what was going to happen to it."
Full story at the Evening Times, Glasgow.
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