41-53 Oakfield Avenue
Residential buildings are located at 41-53 Oakfield Avenue in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the ensemble was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1986.
description
The row of buildings was built in the first half of the 1860s. The Scottish architect Alexander Thomson is responsible for the design . In the course of the 20th century, the buildings were thematized in three specialist books.
The two-story row of buildings extends across from Hillhead High School near the University of Glasgow in the Hillhead district . Typically for Thomson's work, it is designed in the style of Greek classicism . The west-facing front facade is designed with polished stone. The paired entrances to the individual residential units are accessible via short front stairs. They are each designed with three columns with Greek motifs, which carry architraves and friezes . The frieze tape is continued over the entire facade. Paired bands connect the deeply recessed windows on the upper floor. They are decorated with an anthemic frieze.
The slightly protruding corner projections are three-story. On the ground floor, simple pilasters with ornamented capitals flank the elongated windows. Elaborately designed, narrower pilasters separate the five windows on the first floor. There are more pilasters on the edges. They carry an entablature with an anthemic frieze. The second floor is largely analogous, but much flatter. The entablature is not ornamented. An acroterion decorates the closing triangular gable .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry to 41–53 Oakfield Avenue in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 '26.5 " N , 4 ° 17' 4.4" W.