Bothwell Parish Church

Name of Building: Bothwell Parish Church.

Location: 1 Griqua Terrace, Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, G71 8EX

Listing: Category A

This window was executed by Morris & Co of Merton Abbey in Surrey in 1899 to a design by Sir Edward Burne Jones. This large stained glass window located within the East elevation of the building known as “the Quire” has to be removed to allow essential and urgent stone and roof repairs within this east gable.

Issues with the window:

Unstable and weak lead matrix
Numerous breakages in the glass
Broken solder joints
Loose bars

Conservation strategy:

Workshop-based conservation
EPG system

Before

Window before conservation, outside view.

Window’s traceries, inside view.

Trefoil panel before conservation.

After

Window being framed

Minimal intervention on trefoil window

Back to Conservation

Trefoil after conservation