108 Hope Street

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108 Hope Street

There is a commercial building at 108 Hope Street in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1979 the building was included in the Scottish list of monuments as an individual monument, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988.

history

The building was built between 1893 and 1894 to a design by the Scottish architectural firm James Salmon & Son . The client was the Scottish Temperance League . The Daily Record and the Woolwich Equitable Building Society later used the building as an office block. When the building was added to the Daily Record in 1919, the architecture firm Keppie & Henderson was commissioned to redesign it.

description

The building stands at the junction of Renfield Lane and Hope Street in central Glasgow. On Hope Street opposite is the building 2–28 Bothwell Street , on Renfield Lane adjacent to the Daily Record Building , at the rear opposite the building 115–117 St Vincent Street . The five - storey neo - renaissance building is designed in the style of Dutch renaissance architecture. The west-facing gable facade along Hope Street is elaborately designed. Entrance doors flank the high arched windows on the ground floor. On the first floor, sculptured plaques flank the central bay window . Stylized colossal Corinthian columns divide the facade vertically. The final gable is designed in detail and closes with a seated sculpture.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk

Web links

Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 40.2 "  N , 4 ° 15 ′ 29.5"  W.