71-75 Robertson Street
A commercial building is located at 71-75 Robertson 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 building is on Robertson Street near Glasgow Central Station and the Clyde in central Glasgow. It was built in 1901 to a design by the Scottish architect John Archibald Campbell .
The building, designed in the style of the Glasgow School , has a mansard floor and has five floors. The facades are clad with red sandstone blocks . Doric columns flank the entrance portal. It closes with a fruit-ornamented lion relief and a crowned broken segmented arch gable. Stylized keystones adorn the elongated windows on the first floor. A balcony cantilevered on consoles protrudes from the fourth floor . Similar to the portal, it is designed with Doric columns. The facade closes with a sweeping cornice .
The design of the left axis differs from the rest of the facades. Simple colossal pilasters frame the triplet windows . A blasted segmented arched gable crowns the top window. The back of the building along Robertson Lane is asymmetrical. The windows on the first floor close with segmental arches .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry for 71–75 Robertson Street in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 29.8 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 41.6" W.