115-117 St Vincent Street
A commercial building is located at 115–117 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.
description
The building is located between St Vincent Street and St Vincent Lane in the center of Glasgow. It was built in 1871 to a design by the Scottish architect John Burnet . The client was the Union Bank of Scotland , today part of the Bank of Scotland , which set up a branch there.
The building, designed in the style of the Italian Renaissance , is three stories high and thus significantly lower than the flanking houses. The north-facing facade is clad with polished stone blocks. The masonry is rusticated on the ground floor with its flanking arched portals and the five elongated doors with simple transom windows . The portals are designed with small portico with columns of polished granite on high pedestals . They carry balconies with stone balustrades , which lead to another balcony above the five inner of the seven building axes. A colonnade of Corinthian columns adorns the row of windows. Three of the windows are crowned by blown segment arch gables with ornamented tympana on Corinthian columns . Above the third floor a frieze runs below the final cornice .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry for 115–117 St Vincent Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 41 ″ N , 4 ° 15 ′ 28.2 ″ W.