1-16 Buckingham Terrace
One row of residential buildings is located at 1-16 Buckingham Terrace in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The three-story row of buildings stands on Buckingham Terrace off the Great Western Road ( A82 ) northwest of Glasgow city center. The Scottish architect John Thomas Rochead provided the design with neo-renaissance details . The row of buildings was built between 1852 and 1854. Construction of the western extension 24–31 Buckingham Terrace began in 1858. At the rear the row of buildings 35-51 extends Hamilton Drive ; east of the building row 1-9 Ruskin Terrace .
The row of buildings consists of uniform houses, each three axes wide. The entrance doors on the right are accessible via short front stairs with stone balustrades . Narrow side windows flank the doors , which are closed with simple window panes. The masonry on the ground floor is rusticated . Below the first floor there is a window cornice resting on profiled consoles . Narrow balconies with cast-iron balustrades extend on top of them, which are delimited by the bevelled bay windows on the central axes. Essentially four or six-part lattice windows are installed. The facade closes with a cornice with a tooth cut . The two final buildings emerge. They are five axes wide. Instead of slate roofs , they close with platform roofs .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on 1-16 Buckingham Terrace in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 37.9 ″ N , 4 ° 17 ′ 12 ″ W.