Atlantic Apartments
The Atlantic Apartments are a former warehouse and now a residential building 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 James Watt Street near the Clyde, southwest of central Glasgow. It was built for Harvie and McGavin around 1855 .
The five-story warehouse is designed in a classical style. It has a U-shaped floor plan. The east-facing front facade is 13 axes wide, which is structured in the scheme 1–4–3–4–1. The arched main portal can be found on the slightly protruding central projection . It is designed with a simple keystone . Colossal Doric pilasters frame the risalits. It ends with a triangular gable . A relief in the tympanum shows a barrel, an anchor and a box. Simple, profiled bezels frame the windows. The corner projections are also decorated with pairs of colossal Doric pilasters.
The wooden floors in the interior rest on cast iron pillars. The building has meanwhile been converted into a residential building.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Atlantic Apartments in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 30.5 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 51.2" W.