42 Virginia Street

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42 Virginia Street

A commercial building is located at 42 Virginia Street in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

description

The three story building for the Glasgow Gas Light Company was built between 1867 and 1870. The architect Robert Melvin is in charge of the design .

The building is on Virginia Street in the southeast of central Glasgow. The west-facing front facade is designed in the style of the late Italian Renaissance and is seven axes wide. The central entrance portal closes with a massive architrave and a roofing cornice on ornamented consoles with acroteries . Arched windows are installed on the ground floor . An ornamented frieze runs above the ground floor . The windows on the first floor are designed as aedicules with pilasters , architraves and triangular gables. The color-contrasting corner stones are rusticated .

Individual evidence

  1. a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk

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Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 31.7 ″  N , 4 ° 15 ′ 0.3 ″  W.