128 Main Street (Barrhead)
Under the address 128 Main Street in the Scottish town of Barrhead is the city's courthouse.
history
The building was planned together with the house on 124 Main Street to the west by the architects Ninian McWhannell and John Rogerson , who are also responsible for the Masonic Temple in Barrhead . The need for construction arose from the fact that Barrhead had received the rights of a Police Burgh in 1894 , which resulted in a need for administrative buildings. 128 Main Street was completed in 1904, two years later than the neighboring building. It served as Barrhead's judicial building. In 1980 the building was added to the Scottish Monuments Lists in Category C. Together with 124 Main Street, it also forms a Category B monument ensemble.
description
The building is right on the city's main road, which is now the A736 from Glasgow to Irvine . The red sandstone building shows features of neo-renaissance architecture and is one of the most striking buildings along the street. It is directly adjacent to the neighboring building to the west, while it is demarcated by a passage to 124 Main Street, which can be closed by means of a double-leaf, wrought-iron gate with thistle and lion motifs. The building has two floors and ends with two pitched roofs with stepped gables . They are covered with gray slate . On the northwest edge, a round, three-story corner tower dominates the rest of the building, which ends with a conical roof . In this is the entrance area, which is decorated with pillars on both sides , while the window openings are set off by bezels made of polished sandstone. To the front there is a balcony with an ornate portal, which is occupied by a sculpture reading from a roll of paper. Tower clocks are installed above and on the western side. Another balcony can be found at the rear.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 0.9 ″ N , 4 ° 23 ′ 27 ″ W.