10 Lowther Terrace
There is a residential building at 10 Lowther Terrace in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrading to the highest monument category A took place in 1988. Furthermore, the building is part of a more comprehensive monument ensemble of category A.
description
Construction based on a design by the important Scottish architect James Miller began around 1900. A winter garden was added in 1904 and a billiard room in 1909. The building is set back from the Great Western Road ( A82 ) west of the Glasgow Botanical Gardens . The Sydney Mitchell- designed house 9 Lowther Terrace is adjacent.
The three-story building is designed in the neo-renaissance style. The gable in particular shows references to the Dutch Renaissance . The front facade, which is exposed to the southwest, is four axes wide. On the left is the two-winged entrance portal with an ornamented architrave . A wide arched window continues on the right, followed by a massive two-story canyon . Their edges are decorated with simple pilasters . On the first floor, a balcony with a filigree cast-iron railing extends to the Auslucht. Ionic pilasters structure the facade on the second floor . They pierce the final decorative ribbon and end at the decorative gable as an obelisk . The two-story salon attached to the right is two axes wide. The six axes wide west facade is detailed analogous to the main facade. In the middle, a six-axis wide recess emerges. There is an Art Nouveau balcony on the second floor .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry to 10 Lowther Terrace in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 53 " N , 4 ° 17 ′ 56.3" W.