Glasgow, 50 Darnley Street, Printing Works View from SE, 40 Darnley Street in right background

Description Glasgow, 50 Darnley Street, Printing Works View from SE, 40 Darnley Street in right background

Date 1968

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

Catalogue Number SC 609658

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Printing Works, No 50 Darnley Street, Glasgow This works was built in 1901 for Miller & Lang, art publishers, to designs by Gordon & Dobson, architects. A warehouse to the rear was added in 1903, designed by the same architects. The front block is one of the few Art Nouveau buildings in Glasgow. This shows the building from the south-east. The flowing lines of the Art Nouveau design are emphasised in this view. Note the bold use of sculptural detail. The works was still occupied by its original owners in 1968. The architects were John Gordon and D Bennett Dobson, of No 261 West George Street, Glasgow. Gordon had been designing industrial buildings since the 1860s in a plain, but dignified style, so it is probable that Dobson was responsible for the design of this florid façade. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H68/457/1D

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