View of window and figure on West front. Digital image of B 74417.

Description View of window and figure on West front. Digital image of B 74417.

Date 13/8/1992

Catalogue Number SC 710134

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of B 74417

Scope and Content Oval window and figure of a judge on west façade of Lion Chambers, Nos 170-2 Hope Street, Glasgow The Lion Chambers were built 1904-7 to designs by architects James Salmon (1873-1924) and John Gaff Gillespie (1870-1926). This eight-storeyed building was only the second reinforced concrete building to be constructed in Glasgow, built by the Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Company Ltd. The engineer for this ambitious project was T J Gueritte. This shows an oval window with a grid of glazing bars set into the thin (100mm) concrete walls of the building. Above this are four supporting brackets, two of which have been repaired. The figure of a judge looms out above the left bay, wearing robes and a wig, and leaning upon a lectern. This eight-storeyed tower was commissioned by William G Black, a lawyer and lay member of the Glasgow Art Club. In keeping with his interests, the building housed a basement printing works, ground-floor shop, law chambers and artists studios in the lofty top-floor rooms. This building has been selected as one of Scotland's key 20th-century Modern architectural monuments. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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