I'm gonna say that the upkeep and maintenance of a Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Grade 1 listed masterpiece such as you have there is going to be a staggering amount - these days councils have an ever decreasing pot of money to pay for everything that's lumped on them. I think letting the mega-rich Catholic Church pay for its upkeep, while not ideal, is a pretty fair compromise.
Yes,I think that was the primary reason for selling and I agree that it will have a decent future, but they accepted an extremely low bid in comparison to at least one bid I'm aware of that was far in advance of that... It's not important to me in terms of Council budgets as I come under North Lanarkshire Council but if I did come under their jurisdiction I'd be asking the question. That said,I'll keep a close eye on developments going forward as it is a stunning building,inside and out and I'd like to see it renovated.
It should be important to you, the majority of council funding isn't from council tax, it's from central government. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I don't come under their jurisdiction,Glasgow Council budgets and funding are of no consequence to me. In some ways,I wish they were my council as their Council Tax 'only' rose by 7.5%,mine went up 10%...
I'm genuinely looking forward to seeing the works commence,I'm very fond of that building for some unknown reason.There's also a Rennie Mackintosh School in Scotland St that's currently closed for major refurbishment,that's a stunning building inside and out.
I vaguely recall that we might have discussed this before, but have you been to Hill House at Helensburgh? Absolutely amazing place, for all sorts of reasons. Edit - indeed we have on this very thread https://not606.com/threads/hull-city-centre-public-realm-strategy.303118/page-391#post-15513369
You do you mate, no pressure. We loved it though - so so interesting in terms of just how radical CRM was. Though to the point that his leading edge design was just falling apart as it encountered real Scottish weather over an alarmingly short period of time.
