Glasgow, 184 Stanley Street, Confectionery Works View from E, Vermont Street frontage on left

Description Glasgow, 184 Stanley Street, Confectionery Works View from E, Vermont Street frontage on left

Date 3/6/1968

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

Catalogue Number SC 611583

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content Confectionery Works, No 184 Stanley Street and Vermont Street, Glasgow This works was built in about 1890 for Hay Brothers, manufacturing confectioners. It was a large building on an L-plan, probably designed by Bruce & Hay, architects, who were responsible for many buildings in the burgh of Kinning Park, in which this works was situated. This shows the works from the south-east, looking along Vermont Street. The show front is in Stanley Street, as can be seen from the decorative treatment. On the right is part of the Kinning Park Co-operative Society's stables and garage, built in about 1899, and probably also designed by Bruce & Hay, as it has decorative features characteristic of their work. This works was being used as a warehouse, by Arbuckle, Smith & Co Ltd, in 1968. It was one of a number of large confectionery works in the Glasgow area, and probably had a large export market. The building was demolished in about 1970 to make way for road improvement. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H68/471/2D

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/611583

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap