31-70 St Vincent Crescent

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31-70 St Vincent Crescent

An ensemble of residential buildings is located at 31-70 St Vincent Crescent 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 row of buildings was built between 1849 and 1857 on the site of the former stately home of Stobcross . The Scottish architect Alexander Kirkland is responsible for the design . In addition, gardens with a small lake were created, but these were built over until the 1930s.

description

The classicist row of buildings is located on St Vincent Crescent west of central Glasgow. It connects to the ensemble 19-30 St Vincent Crescent . The outer and the central pair of houses on the row emerge slightly. In the area of ​​the ground floor of the three-story building, the facades are rusticated . The entrance doors are accessible via short front stairs. They are designed with mullion windows , architraves and flanking Doric pilasters . The central and outer buildings have simple Doric portico . The windows on the first floor are simply crowned. A window cornice runs underneath . The facade closes with a frieze , cornice and stone balustrade .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  3. ↑ Entry on 31–70 St Vincent Crescent  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)

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Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 51.3 "  N , 4 ° 17 ′ 15.9"  W.