General view of entrance front
SC 701134
Description General view of entrance front
Date 1909
Collection Records of Bedford Lemere and Company, photographers, London, England
Catalogue Number SC 701134
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of BL 20552
Scope and Content Anchor Line Building, Nos 12-16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow The Anchor Line Building, designed by the Glasgow architect, James Miller, was built in 1905-7 for the Anchor Line Shipping Company. The architectural photographer, Harry Bedford Lemere, was commissioned to photograph the exterior in 1909. The entrance front, clad in white glazed terracotta tiles known as Doulton Carrara ware, has its main entrance through a central recessed portico, framed by Ionic columns. The solid balcony at second-floor level separates the lettable accommodation above from the company's offices on the lower floors. Miller designed the building with a steel frame, encased in brick, and with concrete floor slabs cast in situ on to the joists, a system he copied from the Chicago multi-storeyed blocks built at the end of the 19th century. The entrance front, however, conveys nothing of this innovation in construction technique. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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