View from WNW showing NW and SW fronts
SC 768182
Description View from WNW showing NW and SW fronts
Date 1970
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 768182
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Tailoring Workshops, No 42 Spean Street, Glasgow This shows the north-east entrance front of the building from the north, after it had been taken over by the South of Scotland Electricity Board as their central offices. The panels below the small windows have lost their original decorative treatment. This factory was American-inspired, with its flat roof and steel frame. It was set in extensive grounds, partly laid out as a landscape, and partly as recreation grounds. New building and car parks have obscured much of the original intention. The complex is now owned by Scottish Power. This factory was built in 1913-1922 for Wallace, Scott & Co, who made rainwear with the brand name 'Dexter'. The building was designed by Sir J J Burnet, and has extensive glazing to suit its purpose. When completed it had a steamer-like chimney on top of the main block. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H35/70/52/31
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