60 James Watt Street
There is a commercial building at 60 James Watt Street , actually 45–54 James Watt Street , in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1966 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was built around 1863 for Thomas Mann's trading company . It was used as a grain store. There are numerous parallels to the adjacent building at 72 James Watt Street , which is a few years older. In 1995 the building was demolished with the exception of the facade. In 2007 it was inscribed on the register of endangered buildings in Scotland. Two years later, a project to erect a modern commercial building behind the preserved facade was abandoned. A support frame stabilizes the facade.
description
The building is located in the middle of James Watt Street ( A814 ) southwest of Glasgow city center near the Clyde bank. The Atlantic Apartments are diagonally opposite . The high, west-facing main facade of the three-story building is designed in a classical style. It is 13 axes wide. The masonry on the ground floor is rusticated ; the windows close there with segmental arches . In the middle is the arched entrance portal with its keystone worked as a console . Corner projections protrude slightly from the facade on both sides . They are decorated with Doric pilasters along the high first floor . These support an entablature whose stylized triglyph frieze runs along the entire facade. The final cornice protrudes far.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry on 60 James Watt Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '29.1 " N , 4 ° 15' 49.8" W.