Glasgow, Gartloch Road, Gartloch Hospital Former Mortuary
Mortuary (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Gartloch Road, Gartloch Hospital Former Mortuary
Classification Mortuary (19th Century)
Canmore ID 172801
Site Number NS66NE 61
NGR NS 68238 67110
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172801
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cadder (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Simple symmetrical single storey mortuary building for the adjacent asylum. French Renaissance style red sandstone. PRINCIPAL ELEVATION: Base course, string course serving as transom thin stringcourse above lintel, eaves cornice. Central 2-leaf panelled door with blind stone-arched head, set in splayed arch with moulded head; entrance bay breaking eaves with parapet bounded by finialed blocks. SIDE ELEVATION: windowless galbed with stack at centre, arched moulding at apex grid moulding below. REAR ELEVATION: 3-bay. Centre bay with semi-circular window flanked by arched-headed tripartite windows in outer bays. (Historic Scotland)
