4 Nelson Mandela Place
There is a commercial building at 4 Nelson Mandela Place in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970, the building was included as a single monument in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988.
history
In 1887 the local Liberal Club converted the former Bedford Hotel into their headquarters. In 1907 a tender for a new building was started. The architecture firm Campbell Douglas & Paterson won the competition with a design by Donald McKay Stoddart . The building was constructed between 1907 and 1909 and the former Bedford Hotel was demolished. In the 1930s, the adjacent Athenaeum Theater bought the building and continued to use it. The building later housed the Royal Scottish Academy of Music , later the Royal Academy of Music and Drama and now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland .
description
The edwardian neo-baroque building is the corner house between Buchanan Street and Nelson Mandela Place . It faces St George's Tron Church . The facade of the five-story house along Buchanan Street is five axes, along Nelson Mandela Place three axes. The masonry on the ground floor is rusticated . Another segmented arched gable , whose consoles are designed with lion heads, suspects the portal at Nelson Mandela Place. Above it, a bay window with triple windows protrudes faintly from the facade. It is flanked by twin windows . The facade design of the storey above is largely the same, but the windows are made with stone crosses. There are numerous analogies to the facade along Buchanan Street.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on 4 Nelson Mandela Place in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '44.4 " N , 4 ° 15' 13.7" W.