Talk: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect

Gordon Urquhart will explore the work of James Sellars, focusing on the exquisite ornamental ironwork he designed for his buildings. James Sellars was a major star in Victorian Glasgow’s architectural firmament, producing some of the city’s finest churches, schools, recreational and commercial buildings before his premature death in 1888, aged only 44. Renowned for his “fertile mind and facile pencil,” Sellars often designed exquisite ornamental ironwork for his buildings and the talk will discuss surviving examples of this work and also explore the often misunderstood relationship between Glasgow’s architects and its major cast iron foundries. Time: Doors open 7pm for 7:30pm start. Tickets: £6.00 with refreshments, no booking necessary. Cash and card payments accepted. About Gordon Urquhart Gordon Urquhart is an author, historian and educator recently retired from a career spanning forty-five years in Scotland’s building conservation sector. For many years Assistant Director of Glasgow West Conservation Trust, in 2007 Gordon joined the new Glasgow City Heritage Trust as Grants Officer. In 2015, he was recruited by Historic Environment Scotland to develop an innovative MSc in Technical Building Conservation in association with Stirling University. Gordon lectures widely on Glasgow’s architectural history, traditional construction technology and on a range of conservation topics and has published several books on the history and conservation of Glasgow’s West End.