157-167 Hope Street
A commercial building is located at 157-167 Hope Street in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The building is at the junction of Hope Street and West George Street near Glasgow Central Railway Station in central Glasgow. It was built between 1902 and 1903 to a design by the Scottish architect John Archibald Campbell . During the 1900s, the building was the subject of four specialist architectural publications. In 1922 and 1960, Alexander David Hislop was entrusted with changes.
The building, designed with neo-Renaissance motifs , has seven to eight storeys. The masonry made of polished stone blocks is rusticated on the ground floor . The main facade along Hope Street is nine axes wide, which are arranged in the scheme 1–2–3–2–1. The side facade along West George Street, on the other hand, is asymmetrical. Elaborate reliefs are embedded above the central main portal. There are shops on both sides.
The facade is designed with multi-storey bay windows on the two outer axes and across the three central axes. The windows above the massive balcony on the second floor close with blown segment gables. Pilasters and ornamented gussets adorn the arcade on the sixth floor. Festoons adorn the cornice that protrudes above it . Obelisks resting on it break through the eaves. The north facade along West George Street is partly designed analogously to the main facade. The bay window protruding to the left with segmental arches, which closes with a curved hood, is striking.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry for 157–167 Hope Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 44.5 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 30.2" W.