Stained Glass
Repair and restoration
RDW Glass will carry out single piece domestic repairs to full church restorations.
The studio specializes in repairing damaged stained glass, whether it's due to accidental breakage, weather-related damage, or structural issues. We carefully match the original glass and lead came to ensure a seamless repair.
Removing stained glass windows, glass repairs and restorations are made according to best practice as set out by conservation bodies. For more details on the problems/practices of repairing stained glass please visit the Building Conservation website.
RDW Glass is PASMA credited for use of scaffold.
Stewart Coat of Arms stained glass. Minor repair, cleaning and safety glazing for this hall landing window.
Part of a large scale redevelopment of 80 windows for Rawcliffe Lodge.
W & J.J Kier. c1870. Glasgow.
Minor repairs carried out to one of Stephen Adam's (1848–1910) galleon stained glass windows in Tennent's Bar, Byres Road, Glasgow.
This leaded glass panel was completely releaded and new saddle ties (copper wire attached to the window is tied to a steel bar for strengthening) applied for the entrance to Glasgow Academy Primary School. Glasgow Style meets Art Nouveau meets Oscar Paterson (1863 – 1934). Newlands.
"Grisaille" leaded glass windows. Complete re-leading and repair of broken glass for Elsick House in Strathpeffer, Inverness, Scotland. 1890. The home was originally built by Dr Morrison who had discovered that the spring waters of Strathpeffer alleviated his arthritis. For Anderson, Bell and Christie Architects.
Repairs, cleaning and new secondary glazing for the stained glass windows in this impressive John Gordon's (1835-1912) Franco - Gothic mansion, Dennistoun. Glasgow. 1860's.
Art Nouveau styled reproduction stained glass panel for this front door entrance. Kilsyth, scotland.
Three lancet windows removed, repaired, re made with new lead and re installed.
(Possibly Abbey Studios). Quarriers Village. Mount Zion Church. Approximately 200 windows were repaired/releaded/reproduced in this large church to flat conversion project.
Reproductions, repairs, cleaning and new secondary glazing for this Boucher and Cousland, 1863, church. Tighnabruich. Alexander Ballantine and Herbert Gardiner. Fortiorum Fortia Facta. Stark family motto "Brave Deeds of Brave Men".
Stained glass window restoration. W & J.J Kier. Rawcliffe Lodge, Langside, Glasgow, Scotland. c1860's. Repairs were carried out on most of the 80 stained glass windows in the house ranging from cosmetic lead repairs over small cracks to full re-leading, painted sections and complete reproductions. More details here.
Repair and restoration for Grade B listed Mount Zion Church in Quarriers Village, Bridge of Weir, Scotland. Designed by Glasgow architect Robert Bryden of Clarke & Bell and R A Bryden. 1888. New windows, secondary safety glazing and new hoppers were also made.
Stained glass side panel and door window repaired and re-leaded. The window arrived in a box of bits as was badly broken. Details included amber bullseye glass. 1890's. The bullseye glass is formed by the rod (punty) used in blown glass. Dumbreck, Glasgow
Repairs and reproductions for four hall windows. Thistle border motif with geometric pattern design. The windows were removed to be repaired as they had bowed and slipped, had broken glass, sections were missing and had a hundred years of dead bugs piled up in them to clean. Auchendennan House is a magnificent Category A listed Scots Baronial mansion by John Burnet (1814-1901) 1866. Loch Lomond.
Most of the windows needed repairs and reproductions for this 1880's church. Trinity Church of the Nazarene, Perth, Scotland.
Reproduction of a "Bird and Tree" Victorian painted stained glass panel for this West End home, Glasgow. The original window was painted onto a very fine reeded texture glass which made painting fun!
Repairs were made to over 40 square metres of glass and new windows constructed and installed for this Grangemouth church conversion for J.D Wetherspoons.
Charing Cross and West Parish Church, Built in 1883 by the Free Church of Scotland, the church was originally named the Zetland Free Church, after its patron, The Earl of Zetland. The West elevation windows attributed to Daniel Cottier.
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