1-21 Park Terrace

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North end of the ensemble 1–21 Park Terrace

An ensemble of residential buildings is located at 1–21 Park Terrace in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A. In addition, the building is part of a more comprehensive monument ensemble of category A.

history

The Scottish architect Charles Wilson submitted the earliest designs for the row of buildings in May 1853. A revision of the plans was commissioned, which was completed in May 1854. In the following years the designs were carried out.

The interior of house number 12 was redesigned around 1880 by William Scott Morton , and that of house number 7 in 1900 by John James Burnet . In 1900 John Archibald Campbell added a billiard room to house number 1 . House number 3, once inhabited by the Lord Mayor of Glasgow, James Bain , was restored in 1990.

description

The three-story ensemble along Park Terrace encompasses the southwestern end of the Park District, northwest of Glasgow city center. Opposite is Kelvingrove Park , on the edge of which are the stairs on Park Street . The neo-renaissance buildings are designed in the style of French renaissance architecture . The closing houses are a little higher and have individual roofs. The main facades are each two axes wide. The masonry on the ground floor is rusticated . The double-leaf entrance doors are accessible via short front stairs. They are designed with flanking side windows and simple roofs on ornamented consoles . The brackets of the window roofing on the first floor show lion head ornaments. Edged, two-story cantilevers emerge on the right. Window cornices below the windows structure the facade. The facade closes with a cornice . The dormer windows are rounded . On the closing houses they are more elaborately designed with Venetian windows . The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  3. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  4. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  5. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  6. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '8.6 "  N , 4 ° 16" 51.4 "  W.