Glasgow, McNeil Street, UCBS Bakery View of corner of McNeil Street and Adelphi Street, from NE

Description Glasgow, McNeil Street, UCBS Bakery View of corner of McNeil Street and Adelphi Street, from NE

Date 8/4/1967

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 591441

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content United Co-operative Baking Society's bakery, Adelphi Street, McNeil Street, Ballater Street and Moffat Street, Glasgow Built 1886-1916, this vast bakery supplied bread and other bakery products to the thriving retail co-operative movement in greater Glasgow. The first section was in McNeil Street, but the company expanded to occupy a whole block. This shows the works from the north-west, showing the Adelphi Street frontage, facing Glasgow Green, and part of the Moffat Street frontage. Note the elaborate treatment of the brickwork, and the red sandstone corner towers, surmounted by statues. The Adelphi Street block was completed in 1908 and was, like the rest, designed by Bruce & Hay, architects, who used red and yellow bricks as the main cladding material, with sandstone dressings. The bakery closed c.1970 and was demolished in 1977. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H67/189/1A

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/591441

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap