A historic boathouse on Glasgow Green is to get a £360,000 facelift.

The B-listed West Boathouse was built in 1905 as a clubhouse for Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club and Clyde Amateur Rowing Club and is still occupied by the two organisations.

The timber frame building is rare for the period and is said to among the grandest of its kind in Britain.

Cash from Historic Environment Scotland will be used to undertake urgent repairs which will allow the building to continue to operate as a shared boathouse.

The cash was awarded as part of the environment body’s repair grants scheme which supports repair work to buildings of historic or architectural interest.

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Glasgow Building Preservation Trust is developing the scheme to repair and upgrade the boathouse.

Spokesman Murray Shaw said: “This grant will help secure the future of this unusual timber framed building on the Clyde.

“We are delighted to work with the enthusiastic volunteers of both rowing clubs in making this building more accessible to the local community groups of Glasgow Green.

“Securing HES support adds to the momentum of this project and we are excited about the future of this category B listed building.”

The £360,000 grand is part of £1.7million of investment from Historic Environment Scotland.

Martin Fairley, head of grants, said: “We received some very strong applications for the latest round of funding and are pleased to be able to support urgently needed repairs in seven buildings across Scotland.

“The projects chosen to receive funding range in scale from boathouses to town halls and it has been great to see such a diverse range with remarkably high levels of community interest.”

Experts assessing the boathouse for a grant looked at the built heritage of the building, the sporting heritage of the rowers’ achievements, the extensive history of the clubs, the history of the sport and how it has evolved.

They also considered whether the clubs could introduce river tours, host flotilla and regatta events and introduce interpretation panels and displays.