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Glasgow, Wallace Scott And Co Ltd Tailoring Institute, Workshops
Workshop (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Wallace Scott And Co Ltd Tailoring Institute, Workshops
Classification Workshop (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cathcart; Cathcart Works; 42 Spean Street; S.w. Electricity Board; Scottish Power Building
Canmore ID 131519
Site Number NS56SE 179
NGR NS 58130 60973
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/131519
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Cathcart (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Scottish Power, 42 Spean Street, 1912, J J Burnet and Norman Dick of John Burnet & Son
Built as Wallace-Scott Tailoring Institute. Red brick- and ashlar-clad, framed model factory, built around courtyard, extended 1919, windows altered later.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56SE 179 58130 60973
see also: NS56SE 1615 5824 6099 Footbridge
Tailoring Workshops, built 1913-22 for Wallace, Scott & Co. A five storey, 8 by 12 bay flat-roofed brick building, originally decorated with polychrome bricks. A notable 'Modern Movement' building, SDD category B. The bridge linking Spean St to the factory was built in 1913.
John Hume 1974.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, 42 Spean Street, Wallace, Scott & Co., (Now S.W. Electricity)
Architect: Sir John James Burnet. 1913-22.
Originally faced towards Inverlair Avenue.
Now. S.W Electricty Board.
