2 St Vincent Place
A commercial building is located at 2 St Vincent Place in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
With the construction of the corner house 2 St Vincent Place for the Bank of Scotland in 1870 work began on the design of today's west flank of George Square . In 1874 and 1875, respectively, the buildings 24 George Square and the Merchants' House followed , completing the flank. The Scottish architect John Thomas Rochead was responsible for the design, but he fell seriously ill before it was finished. David Bryce therefore directed the final construction phase. During the 1920s, Andrew Balfour made a revision.
description
The three-story corner house stands on the west side of George Square at the confluence of St Vincent Place. It extends to Anchor Lane, which runs backwards . The east-facing facade of the neo-renaissance building facing George Square is seven axes, while the south facade is nine axes wide. In the area of the ground floor, the masonry is rusticated and designed as sequential bands. The two-winged main portal at St Vincent Place is elaborately designed. It closes with shell ornamentation in the round-arched spire , which is taken up again in the spire of the windows on the ground floor and the tympana of the suspensions on the first floor. Atlases sculpted by William Mossman bear the final coat of arms of the Bank of Scotland, which is worked into the balustrade of the small balcony above the portal. The simpler windows on the second floor are adorned with a sculptured cornice . The façades are closed with a cornice with a tooth cut that extends widely on ornamented consoles .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry to 2 St Vincent Place in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 4 ° 15 ′ 6.7 ″ W.