Botanic Gardens garage
The Botanic Gardens Garage is a former garage and auto repair shop in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1989, the building was included as a single monument in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 2007.
history
In 1902 the first car was operated in Scotland. From the 1900s, street parking was prohibited, which is why barns were often converted. However, this was not possible everywhere in urban Glasgow. For this reason, commercial garage complexes to accommodate the vehicles were built in the decades that followed.
A Mrs. Kennedy had the building built. The earliest design is from 1906 by David Valentine Wyllie . The building was constructed in the same year, but the work presumably continued until 1912. It is believed to be the earliest purpose-built commercial garage in Scotland. Vehicle repairs were also carried out. In 1908 only three of these buildings were listed in Glasgow. Today specimens of this type are very rare. The Botanic Gardens Garage is believed to be the only surviving example of a two-story commercial garage in Scotland.
In 2007 the vacant building was added to the register of endangered listed buildings in Scotland. His condition was classified as poor in 2016, but with moderate risk.
description
The building, designed in a free interpretation of the neo-Romanesque , is located on Vinicombe Street in the north-west of Glasgow's Hillhead district . Opposite is the former cinema building The Salon . The main facade along Vinicombe Street is five axes wide. Three wide openings once served as the driveway. A frieze divides the facade horizontally. The arched windows above are designed with keystones . The external entrance doors close with combat windows . Doors and facade close with cornices . The facade is clad with white and greenish faience ceramic tiles. The five-axis-wide side facade along Vinicombe Lane is designed with flat glass elements. Behind it is a brick building .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Entry for Botanic Gardens Garage in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 37.8 " N , 4 ° 17 ′ 24.9" W.