Merchants' House
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The Merchants' House 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
With the construction of the corner house 2 St Vincent Place in 1869, the design of today's west flank of George Square began. In 1874 and 1875, respectively, the buildings 24 George Square and the Merchants' House followed, completing the flank. Both James Sellars and John Burnet submitted designs to tender , with the latter winning the bid. His son John James Burnet was commissioned in 1907 to add two storeys and modernize the interior. Another revision was made during the 1980s.
During the construction period, the building was the subject of six specialist publications. Further mentions can be found in two books from the 1990s and 2000s respectively.
description
The five-story corner house with a mansard storey is on the west side of George Square at the confluence with West George Street. It extends to Anchor Lane, which runs backwards . Its masonry is made of cream-colored sandstone. In the area of the ground floor it is rusticated and designed as sequential bands. This ornamentation is taken up again in the corner stones . Both portals on George Square and West George Street are lavishly designed with Ionic pilasters and battle windows. The one in George Square closes with a broken segment arch gable. Arched windows with sculptured keystones are installed on the ground floor . On the first floor, the windows along George Square with segmented arched gables are suspected. The twin windows along West George Street, on the other hand, close with additional, elaborately sculptured, split-segment arch gables. Both are decorated with stone balustrades . Above the second floor there is a cantilevered cornice supported on sculptured consoles .
The floors above, which were added in the 1900s, are designed with colossal pilasters. They close with another cornice. A corner tower rises at the corner of the building. The design of this element largely corresponds to that of the rest of the building. The windows are coupled and bay windows emerge along both facades on the first floor . At roof level, the tower tapers into a round structure. On top of it sits a dome with a gilded globe and a final ship serving as a weather vane .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Information on scottisharchitects.org.uk
Web links
- Entry on Merchants' House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 41.5 ″ N , 4 ° 15 ′ 6.2 ″ W.