Buck's Head Building
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The Buck's Head Building is a commercial building in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The building was constructed in two phases between 1863 and 1868 on the site of the Buck's Head Hotel . The Scottish architect Alexander Thomson is responsible for the design . With the Egyptian Halls he was to design a building with numerous stylistic parallels a few years later. Between 1980 and 1984, the Buck's Head Building was restored after funding from Historic Scotland . The building was the subject of two specialist publications.
description
The corner house is at the confluence of Dunlop Street and Argyle Street near the St Enoch Center shopping center , which was built on the site of the former St Enoch train station . The ten-axis-wide facade of the four-story building is arched around the edge. Flat shop windows from the later 20th century can be found on the ground floor. Cast iron columns, the capitals of which are reminiscent of wings, flank the windows on the first two upper floors. A stylized anthemic frieze , which is worked to decorate the lintels, runs between the two floors . On the third floor, a cast iron balcony runs along the entire facade. A frieze runs above the window and a simple cornice above it . The facade closes with square posts between which a cast iron balustrade extends. A brick slab on the curve of the building shows his name.
The newer, three-axis part of the building along Dunlop Street is designed in the same way as the older one, but simpler. The columns on the first and second floors are made as colossal pilasters . Instead of the balcony, a frieze adorns the facade.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Buck's Head Building in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '27.2 " N , 4 ° 15' 4.4" W.