110-136 Flemington Street
A commercial building is located at 110-136 Flemington Street in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1990 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was constructed from 1908 as an office block for the North British Locomotive Company . The company entrusted the Scottish architect James Miller with the design. The building was opened on September 10, 1909. The total cost was £ 60,000. After the locomotive manufacturer went bankrupt in 1962, the Springburn College of Engineering used the premises. The necessary renovations between 1962 and 1965, which cost £ 300,000, were planned by William Nimmo & Partners . In the meantime known as North Glasgow College , the university moved to a new building in 2010.
description
The four-story building is on Flemington Street in the northern Springburn district of Glasgow . The elongated neo-baroque building consists of four building parts that enclose an atrium . The north-facing main facade is designed in detail. The main portal is flanked by Ionic columns that support an architrave with a split segment arch gable . Its tympanum is richly sculptured and shows a locomotive motif. Sculptures flank the gable. The posts of the triple windows above are worked as columns. Colossal pilasters extend along the central risalit . simpler corner projections emerge from the facade. The other facades are ornamented much more simply.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry for 110-136 Flemington Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '46.6 " N , 4 ° 13' 49.7" W.