Savings Bank of Glasgow building (Argyle Street)
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The Savings Bank of Glasgow building on Argyle Street is a residential and commercial building in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1970 the building was included in the Scottish monument lists, initially in category B. The upgrade to the highest monument category A took place in 1988.
description
The building was constructed between 1899 and 1900 for the Savings Bank of Glasgow . The Scottish architect James Salmon junior is responsible for the design . Albert Hodge made the sculptures .
The four-story Art Nouveau building stands at the confluence of Shaftesbury Street and Argyle Street, west of central Glasgow. While the façades visible on the street side are made of polished stone blocks, the rear outer walls are made of roughly hewn quarry stone . The former business premises of the bank on the ground floor are accessible through a two-winged, cast-iron arched portal . Its richly sculpted tympanum is designed with mosaic . Along Shaftesbury Street there are three wide, arched windows with flat glazing.
Above the ground floor there is a cantilevered cornice with a tooth cut . The facades are designed with a three-story, bevelled recess and a three-story corner bay window. The windows on the second floor are suspected of having cornices ; also with atlases above the main portal and at the corner bay window . The bay window closes with a dome with a weather vane .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
Web links
- Entry on Savings Bank of Glasgow building in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 42.5 " N , 4 ° 16 ′ 27.3" W.