General view of window to banking hall
BL 16002
Description General view of window to banking hall
Date 1900
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number BL 16002
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Side elevation of the Banking Hall, Savings Bank of Glasgow, No 177 Ingram Street and No 99 Glassford Street, Glasgow, from Glassford Street (latterly the Trustees Savings Bank) The Savings Bank of Glasgow, designed in 1866 by the architect, John Burnet, was extended between 1894 and 1900 by his son, Sir John James Burnet, who added a magnificent domed banking hall. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, photographed the building in 1900. The side elevation has a central tripartite window set in a series of slightly recessed bays flanked by Ionic and Doric columns respectively. The outer bay has a huge open pediment, borne on crouching figures representing Atlantis, but, unlike the front elevation, without a central statue. The building is rich in sculpture designed by Sir George Frampton and carved by William Sheriff. Frampton (1860-1928), one of the most distinguished of the late Victorian sculptors, is probably best known for his famous statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, London. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Medium Glass
External Reference Box 32
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