30 St Vincent Place
There is a commercial building at 30 St Vincent Place in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was built between 1870 and 1876 to a design by Scottish architect John Burnet . The client was the Clydesdale Bank , whose headquarters still house the building today. Around 1900 and 1922 John James Burnet was entrusted with the planning of structural changes. Modernization measures were carried out in 1951 and in the 1970s.
description
The building is on St Vincent Place off Buchanan Street , a shopping street in central Glasgow. To the right is the Citizen Building , across from the Scottish Provident Institution and along Buchanan Street across from the Glasgow Stock Exchange and 147 Buchanan Street .
The three-story building is designed in the style of the Venetian Renaissance architecture . Due to the entrance portal, which is offset to the right, the south-facing front facade is not constructed symmetrically. The masonry consists of light sandstone and is rusticated on the ground floor . Arched windows are installed on the ground floor and the first floor . Columns with Ionic capitals flank the main portal, which is set into a round-arched recess with a heraldic ornamented tympanum . A broken segmented arched gable suspects the window above the portal. Ionic columns and pilasters structure the facade on the first floor. On the other hand, Corinthian columns can be found on the second floor . Above the portal they carry platforms with statues that are integrated into the cornice .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry to 30 St Vincent Place in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 40.7 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 10.8" W.