162-170 Gorbals Street
A residential and commercial building is located at 162-170 Gorbals Street in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was listed as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The residential and commercial building was built between 1899 and 1900 for the British Linen Bank , which had a branch there. The Scottish architect James Salmon is responsible for the design . In 1931 the building was redesigned by Keppie & Henderson .
In the mid-1990s the building had been vacant for several years. In 1998 it was inscribed on the Register of Listed Buildings at Risk in Scotland. Historic Scotland provides funding for restoration and reuse. However, the vacant building had not yet been restored until 2015, so that its condition was classified as very poor and at the same time high risk this year.
description
It is the corner house at the confluence of Bedford Lane in Gorbals Street ( A730 ) in the Laurieston district of Glasgow south of the Clyde . It is designed in the interpretation of the Arts and Crafts style of the Glasgow School . Business rooms are set up on the ground floor, while the upper floors are used as living space. The east-facing main facade of the four-story building is six axes wide. If the masonry on the visible facades was built with stone blocks, quarry stone was used on the back of the building .
On the ground floor, the windows and portals are designed with round arches . The entrance portal is closed by a finely ornamented, wrought-iron gate. The arch is designed with columns and pilasters . Above it runs the inscription "British Linen Company Bank". Two cornices divide the facade horizontally. On the upper floors the windows are partly coupled to form twins . On the left is a two-story, beveled bay window . On the top floor, the windows close with basket or round arches. A balcony sits on the bay window, the balustrade of which is designed in the Arts and Carfts style. The final roof is covered with slate.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ Entry on buildingsatrisk.org.uk
Web links
- Entry for 162–170 Gorbals Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 0.4 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 15.2" W.