9 Lowther Terrace
There is a residential building at 9 Lowther Terrace in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrading to the highest monument category A took place in 1988. Furthermore, the building is part of a more comprehensive monument ensemble of category A.
Buildings 9 and 10 Lowther Terrace were connected and used as a retirement home by the Church of Scotland from the late 1940s to 2007 . After that, it stood empty for years before renovation work began.
description
Construction based on a design by the eminent Scottish architect Sydney Mitchell began in 1904 and completed in 1906. The building is set back from the Great Western Road ( A82 ) west of the Glasgow Botanical Gardens . The James Miller designed house 10 Lowther Terrace is directly adjacent.
The three-story building is designed in the style of the Scottish Neo-Renaissance . The front facade, which is exposed to the southwest, is four axes wide. Illuminations flank the deep entrance door with a sloping reveal . On the left is a quadruple window with stone pillars. A balcony with stone parapets runs on the first floor. An ornamented frieze runs above the window, which also shows the year of construction 1904. The windows on the second floor are made as dormer windows with a Jacobean design. An elaborately ornamented shell frieze runs below the eaves. The final gable roof is covered with slate. The building shares the two first chimneys with the two neighboring houses.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Buildings at Risk ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry to 9 Lowther Terrace in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 52.8 " N , 4 ° 17 ′ 55.5" W.