816-818 Govan Road
There is a commercial building at 816–818 Govan Road in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included as an individual monument in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
description
The structure was built between 1897 and 1900 for the British Linen Bank . The architecture firm James Salmon & Son is responsible for the design in collaboration with John Gaff Gillespie . Francis Derwent Wood is responsible for the sculpture .
The building stands at the confluence of Water Row on Govan Road near the Clyde in Govan, a district in southwest Glasgow . The five-storey building is designed in the interpretation of the Art Nouveau of the Glasgow School . Two wide arched windows flanked by Corinthian columns are set in on the ground floor along Water Row . The capitals designed Johan Keller . The windows on the first floor close with flat segmental arches . They are decorated with pilasters . The windows on the floors above have Art Nouveau cornices . The short facade along Govan Road is designed in a similar way.
The consoles of the polygonal bay on the edge of the building are striking . They show the bow of a trireme breaking out of the wall with the abbreviation for the bank in the sail. Flanking atlases on Corinthian columns blow wind into the sail.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry to 816–818 Govan Road in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 47.7 " N , 4 ° 18 ′ 42" W.