Maude Caroline Murdoch Cochrane (1883-1959) was born in Glasgow’s Southside in 1883. Little is known about her life before her marriage to the renowned Scottish stained glass artist, Alfred Alexander Webster (1883-1915) including how the couple met. It is most likely that Maude and Alf may have known each other from the living in the…
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Websters Theatre & Bistro
Nestled in the heart of Great Western Road sits a church. Many people walk past it, not noticing the hive of activity slowly breathing new life into the building. The building in question is Landsdowne Parish Church which was designed by Glaswegian architect John Honeyman in 1863, but now it has been lovingly transformed into the…
Venue in focus: Cottiers Theatre
Karen and Rachael visit Cottiers Theatre, formerly Lansdowne Church in Glasgow’s West End. For once they are not going for a pint, they are going to talk about Daniel Cottier the genius behind the outrageously exotic decor side, as well as the glorious stained glass windows.
It’s All About Alf – GCHT Conference
Karen’s talk, It’s All About Alf, gave a general overview of Alf Websters windows and where to find them. On the 6th November 2015, The Gilded Age Team celebrated the Centenary of Alfred Alexander Webster (1883-1915), stained glass artist and master-craftsman, through a one day conference at Websters Theatre in Glasgow’s West End. His life also allowed…
Part 1: Looking for Alf – Cadder Parish Church & Stamperland Church
As many of our followers may be aware, Rachael and myself are currently researching Mr. Alf Alexander Webster (1883-1915) stained glass artist and all round superstar. Part of looking for Alf’s work obviously includes stoating about churches and other fabby buildings. One of these fab buildings is Cadder Parish Church, which has a feast of…
Magical Mystery Tour: Miller & Lang Publishing House, Pollokshields.
We have been lucky enough to have been sent these wonderful images from Roger and Helen Millar, who have very kindly granted us permission to use them in our campaign to help catalogue and preserve Glasgow’s wonderful built heritage. The following images are of the, exterior and interior, Millar & Lang Publishing House on Darnely…
The History Girls need you: Glasgow Stained Glass Appeal!
The History Girls are looking for any information regarding stained glass in Glasgow to add to an ever growing on-line resource. We are currently working in conjunction with The Scottish Stained Glass Trust to obtain as much inform as possible about Glasgow’s rich stained glass heritage. If you have any high quality images (no mobile…
Lovely wee interview with Prof. John Hume and Webster Appeal
In 2013 the trustees of Four Acres Charitable Trust, responsible for Cottiers Theatre, took on another important Glasgow landmark, Lansdowne Church on Great Western Road. Lansdowne is being transformed into Websters Theatre named after stained glass designer Alf Webster. Rachael and myself have been lucky enough to get up close with these windows, and they’re…
Lansdowne Church/Websters Theatre Stained Glass
As promised, here is a post on the stained glass within Websters Theatre, formerly Lansdowne Church, on Great Western Road in Glasgow. As the building is currently under renovation the stained glass in the upper galleries cannot be seen by visitors. It can only be viewed by intrepid dust covered explorers willing to risk life…
Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light
Exhibition Launch Venue: 54 Bell Street Date: 12th December 2014 Time: 4pm Glasgow City Heritage Trust presents Glasgow’s Stained Glass: Colour & Light. In September an ambitious three month project began to create an online database of Glasgow’s stained glass in conjunction with the Scottish Stained Glass Trust and RCAHMS. To celebrate the culmination of this…
The Jubilee Window
The New Club is a private members’ club founded in 1789, situated at No. 86 Princes Street, Edinburgh. The Jubilee Stained Glass Window commemorates The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and depicts various great wee, quirky motifs such as Edinburgh Castle, two Corgi dogs, tartan, a Highland cow, a stag, salmon leaping from the river, and thistles….
Holy Rude Church Stirling
Look at the pretty colours! These pictures were snapped by Karen on her phone when she attended the Scottish Stained Glass Trust’s Symposium in Stirling last month. Karen and I are currently a little bit obsessed with stained glass, as I am working on a three month project to begin a database of Scotland’s stained…
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