Queen's Rooms
The Queen's Rooms are a former commercial building in the Scottish city of Glasgow that is now used as a Hindu temple . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The Queen's Rooms were built in 1857 for the merchant David Bell . Bell commissioned the Scottish architect Charles Wilson with the planning. Stone carvings were done by John Mossman . From around 1948 the First Church of Christ Scientist used the Queen's Rooms. Today they house a Hindu temple.
description
The building is located on La Belle Place south of the Park District . The elongated corner house is three axes wide and nine axes long. It is designed in the style of the neo-renaissance . The two-storey arched windows are horizontally divided by broad bands of stone so that the impression of a continuous arched arcade is created on the upper floor . The arches with stylized acroteries are designed in the style of keystones . The tympana are intricately ornamented along Clifton Street . A Greek frieze runs beneath the final cornice with a tooth cut . The gable surface at La Belle Place is framed in the style of a triangular gable .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ Internet presence of the Hindu temple
Web links
- Internet presence of the Hindu temple
- Entry on Queen's Rooms in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 55 ° 51'59.6 " N , 4 ° 16'44.9" W.