110-120 St Vincent Street
There is a commercial building at 110-120 St Vincent Street in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in monument category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988.
history
The headquarters of the Union Bank of Scotland (now part of the Royal Bank of Scotland ) was previously in what was later to be Lanarkshire House on Ingram Street . In 1924 the bank decided to build a new head office. The tender was won by the design by Scottish architect James Miller , which had been implemented by 1927. A memorial to the fallen of World War I , designed by Thomas Callender Campbell Mackie in 1919, was moved to the new location after the work was completed.
description
The building stands at the intersection of St Vincent Street and Renfield Street in central Glasgow. Inspired by a commercial building in Chicago , the eight-story building is designed in a neoclassical style. The facade along St Vincent Street is nine axes wide; there are five axes along Renfield Street. The former is decorated with colossal Ionic columns, while Ionic pilasters structure the facade along Renfield Street . A metal frieze runs above the high windows on the first floor with their filigree metal frames . Below the third floor there is a window cornice with a tooth cut . A detailed ornamented frieze runs over it. Simpler pilasters run along the upper floors. The facades close with a frieze and tooth cut below the cornice .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry for 110–120 St Vincent Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 42.4 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 25.6" W.