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Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland

551 37

Description Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland

Date 1841 to 1860

Collection Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number 551 37

Category All Other

Scope and Content A large collection of office drawings, including: layout of Kelvingrove Park, 1854; Trinity College Church, 1855; Free Church Training College, 1855-6; St John's Episcopal Church, Oban, 1863; Park Circus, Glasgow, 1854; and many designs for churches, public buildings and houses. Also, specifications for buildings designed by Wilson: property on east corner of Adelphi Street and Thistle Street, and shops in Sussex Place for Proprietors of Hutcheson's Hospital, 1838; new toll house at Muir House Toll Bar, 1844.

Archive History The main body of drawings was presented to the Scottish National Building Record in 1954. A collection of specifications was presented in 1970, drawings of Kelvingrove Park layout and country houses in 1971; a watercolour of Lochton Castle was purchased in 1984.

System of Arrangement The collection is arranged by building.

Access Conditions As the collection has not yet been fully catalogued, please contact archives@hes.scot for advice on access.

Administrative History Charles Wilson (1810-63) was an architect mostly active in Glasgow and the south-west of Scotland, but who also designed a number of villas for clients in Dundee and Angus.

Accruals No further accruals are expected.

Accession Number 1971/11

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1176336

Collection Hierarchy - Collection Level

Collection Level (551 37) Records of Charles Wilson, architect, Glasgow, Scotland

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
All Other 551 37/10 Great Western Rooms, Granville Street, Glasgow 1850 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/30 Royal Faculty of Procurators, West George Street, Glasgow 1854 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/24 Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow 1854 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/5 Free Church, Argyle Street, Rothesay, Bute 1845 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/39 Queen's Rooms, La Belle Place, Glasgow 1857 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/19 1 Park Gardens, Glasgow 1853 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/33 Drawings of Duncarse House, Perth Road, Dundee 1855 1855 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/4 Curator's House, Botanic Gardens, Glasgow 1842 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/12 Drawings of St Helens, Perth Road, Dundee 1850 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/36 St Margaret's Convent, Paisley 1856 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/21 Partick Burgh Hall 1853 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/16 Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow 1851 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/7 Dudhope House, Dundee 1849 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/1 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, Adelphi Place, Sussex Place, Glasgow, and Muirhouse Tollhouse 1838 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/22 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow 1853 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/25 Hazel Hall, Perth Road, Dundee 1854 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/2 Gryffe Castle 1841 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/3 Strathclyde House, Glasgow 1841 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/43 Drawings of unidentified buildings Batch Level
All Other 551 37/23 Woodlands Hill, Glasgow 1853 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/18 Lochton Castle 1852 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/13 Drawings of Ashcliff House, Perth Road, Dundee 1851 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/17 Woodside House, Paisley 1851 Batch Level
All Other 551 37/35 18-20 Park Terrace, Glasgow 1855 Batch Level

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