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This section of our Website gives details of the wide variety of projects which the firm has undertaken
For some of these projects fully illustrated leaflets are available
Should you required further information about any of the projects listed or a copy of leaflets please contact us using the form on the Contact page
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Details of following projects are included in our Website
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Nalgo, Scottish Headquarters Building, Glasgow
A prestigious headquarters office building located in central Glasgow
Located at the corner of Holm Street and West Campbell Street within the inner city regeneration area.
The building has a basement car park and four floors of high quality offices with a central glazed atrium. Specialist items were the new stone facade and a high level of integrated services and IT equipment.
The project was the subject of an environmental audit in terms of design and the construction materials used. The construction contract was completed on time and within the budget of circa £3.5m. Devers Boyle provided full quantity surveying services for this project.
St Aloysius Church; Garnethill, Glasgow
Client: The Society of Jesus
A major building conservation and repair project
Devers Boyle has a long established record of work on ecclesiastical buildings and St Aloysius represents one of the most significant projects which we have undertaken in this field.
St Aloysius is a prominent landmark just off the bustling city centre shopping pedestrian precinct of Sauchiehall Street, but the interior is something largely unknown to the general public. The building is open to the public every day.
The church was built in 1910 and was designed by the Belgian born Architect Charles J Menart. At the time of the consecration the interior was largely unfinished and it was not until after the First World War that the interior was completed to the design of the Austrian Architect Ernst Schaufelberg. The exterior is a late example of Renaissance style with Baroque influences but this belies the lavish interior with extensive use of marble, ornamental plaster and decoration. The building is a Listed Building Category A.
Our involvement with the project has been long term and started in 1991 with an initial appraisal of the condition of the building fabric which highlighted the need for major building fabric repairs. The scale of the works and the associated costs were very significant and there was clearly a need for partnership funding support as the costs were beyond the means of the congregation who have made a truly exceptional commitment and have raised a very significant sum towards the costs. This is an ongoing process.
Phase 1
The works undertaken in this phase involved fabric repairs to the South Transept and refurbishment of the interior offices and church halls to provide high quality accommodation including a lecture theatre/hall at a total cost of approximately £1m
Phase 2
Major exterior building fabric repairs encompassing stonework, windows, stained glass (dome only) copper roofing, leadwork, exterior gilding, external works and floodlighting of approximately £1.40m in value
Phase 3
As a result of archival research and extensive on site investigation by paint specialists from the Stenhouse Conservation Centre of Historic Scotland, it has been confirmed that there are two previous interior decorative schemes. It is an enigma as to why the original scheme, to the design or Ernst Schaulfelberg, was over-painted soon after its completion by a more elaborate but less well executed design whose provenance is currently unknown.
The recovery of the original scheme raises a number of key conservation issues. The original scheme is hidden under subsequently layers obscuring extensive murals etc. The research undertaken to date shows that the originals are of high quaity and recovering these will be a major and exciting task.
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A more detailed leaflet on this project is available on request.
Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond
(St Kessog's)
Client: The Congregational Board
A truly fascinating historical site
Luss Parish Church (St Kessog's) like many other conservation projects has involved Hamish Macbeth in a long term commitment spanning from 1994 to date.
History
The present church was built in 1875 by Sir James Colquhoun of Luss in memory of his father who was drowned in 1873 an accident with several of his men in loch Lomond.
The site has a much longer history dating back some 1500 years to the time of the great Celtic saints. The site is associated with a monk called Kessog who was born in Munster in Ireland and who is though to have come to Loch Lomond in the 6th Century, founding a monastery on the islet of Inchtavannach (Isle of the Monks in Gaelic). He was martyred in 560 AD at Bandry which lies to the South of Luss Village. In 1315 there is a record of the grant of lands to "lusse" by King Robert I of Scotland to "God and the Blessed St Kessog".
There is recorded evidence of a least two previous buildings of 1771 and an earlier pre-Reformation chapel, on the site but obviously, on a site of such antiquity, there will have been earlier churches, possibly of timber.
The Buildings Today
The simple, attractive Gothic exterior of the building belies the rich interior of a very fine oak roof, Gothic pulpit and the Laird's Loft; with every window being filled with radiant stained glass. Also of interest are a series of funeral Hatchments (Armorial Bearings on a black background) of the Colquhoun family spanning a 200 year period; also a unique sculptured stone effigy of a bishop circa 15th Century and a carved face of much greater antiquity.
The Site and the Graveyard
An ancient burial ground surrounds the church. This contains may fine stones and several cross slabs from 7th to 9th Century, a carved hog back stone of 11th Century and a number of Medieval stones typical of the West Highlands
Conservation and Repairs
A phased programme of repairs has been ongoing for the last three years covering all the essential building fabric repairs including specialist conservation work to stained glass, funeral hatchments and Scheduled Ancient Monuments. The works have required the services of an archaeologist throughout the project under a "watching brief" in compliance with Statutory requirements.
The building fabric repair works were completed at the end of 2002 with only the painting conservation work to the funeral hatchments and the archaeological report remaining to be completed in 2003.
The conservation and repair works have been successfully completed within the original cost estimates, which is considered to be a major achievement on a project of this complexity.
St Benedict's, Easterhouse, Glasgow
Client: The Diocese of Motherwell
Innovative Project of Conservation and Re-Use
This modernist movement church was contructed in the 1965 and is the work of the architectural practice of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia. It is a Listed Building, Category B.
Awarded Gold Medal for Architecture in 1969.
The building is described by Pevsner as being “one of their most straightforward designs of this period, but still the most distinctive building in Easterhouse”.
The building was too large for the size of its congregation.
Due to its condition, the building was considered for demolition in 1995. Historic Scotland, under its powers in terms of listed buildings regulations, raised objections to the proposed demolition.
A long period of re-evaluation from 1995 to date has culminated in the current imaginative proposals. The scheme retains the Listed Building intact with the construction of new free standing internal halls and a new linked access to create stand-alone community facilities.
Major repairs are also to be undertaken to the fabric of the building.
Easterhouse is an area of severe economic and social deprivation and it is designated a priority area for activity under the Social Inclusion Partnership (SIP) and other initiatives.
St Benedict's will form a focal point in the regeneration of the centre of Easterhouse
The project was completed in October 2004
Project Funding
The project was supported by a significant contribution from the Diocese of Motherwell with support funding from the following organisations:-
Historic Scotland, The Heritage Lottery Fund, Glasgow City Council, The Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust, The Dalrymple Donaldson Fund and, The Bellahouston Bequest.
The following project details are currently in preparation and will be available shortly
The construction teamand the client at St Aloysius, Glasgow
Work on the exterior nearing completion
| Funding support was secured from Historic Scotland and The Scottish Churches Architectural Heritage Trust for Phase 1. The advent of the Heritage Lottery Fund became the catalyst for Phase 2 with the award of a significant grant in addition to the ongoing support of the other funders. A phased programme of conservation and repair has been underway and Phases 1 and 2 have been sucessfully completed. |
Interior of refurbished auditorium
Work in progress on the copper roofing
Interior of Church
| Opposite: Paint Scrapings showing the underlying decorative scheme. The brown parts are the current soiled paint layer. |
| Luss Parish Church viewed from the Graveyard |
| Lich Gate Entrance |
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Devers Boyle's Input to the Project We have provided full quantity surveying services for this project:-
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St Benedict's Current View |
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Model showing new glass fronted entrance |
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New Entrance |