Britannia Buildings
The Britannia Buildings , formerly Dundas House , are a commercial building in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the structure was included in the Scottish List of Monuments in Category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988.
history
The building was built in 1898 for the British Workmen's and General Assurance Company . The Scottish architect John Archibald Campbell provided the design . In 1934 Alexander David Hislop was commissioned with modernization measures. Another revision was made during the 1950s by Alexander Buchanan Campbell .
At the time of construction, the building was featured in two specialist journals and a book.
description
The seven-story building stands at the junction of Dundas Lane and Buchanan Street in central Glasgow. Architecturally, the Britannia Buildings do not follow a clear style. The narrow, magnificent facade along Buchanan Street is clad in red sandstone with black granite on the ground floor. Flat shop windows flank the ornamented main portal with wrought iron decoration in the fighter window . From the first to the fourth floor there is a beveled, six-axis wide bay . It ends with a balustrade . Behind it there is an elaborately designed arched window with columns, pilasters and an ornamented keystone . A frieze runs below the gable .
A beveled bay window emerges at the edge of the building . The window on the fifth floor is designed in the style of an aedicula . The bay window ends with a protruding cornice with a tooth cut . The long facade along the narrow Dundas Lane is much simpler. The masonry is made of glazed brick with some sandstone details.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Britannia Buildings in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '44.6 " N , 4 ° 15' 10.6" W.