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Glasgow, 8 Elmbank Street, Strathclyde House
Gate(S) (19th Century), Office (19th Century), School (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 8 Elmbank Street, Strathclyde House
Classification Gate(S) (19th Century), Office (19th Century), School (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 120 Elmbank Street, Glasgow Academy; Glasgow High School; Strathclyde Regional Council
Canmore ID 133396
Site Number NS56NE 234
NGR NS 58168 65742
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/133396
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 234.00 58168 65742
NS56NE 234.01 58176 65705 Gymnasium
NS56NE 234.02 58178 65785 Science Block
NS56NE 234.03 58184 65818
NS56NE 234.04 58220 65803
NS56NE 234.05 58210 65758 Lodge
NS56NE 234.06 58205 65736 Lodge
2 storey and 11 bays, Italian Palazzo style central block with pavilions. 4 central projecting piers around central front door support standing figure sculptures by John Mossman of Homer, Cicero, Galileo and James Watt (c.1880).
NMRS Notes:
Glasgow, 120 Elmbank Street, Glasgow Academy.
Architect: Charles Wilson (1846)
Additions: John Burnet (1867)
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Glasgow, 120 Elmbank Street, Glasgow Academy.
Scottish National Portrait Gallery: 'Glasgow and Lanarkshire Illustrated' 1910, page 44. -Article and photograph.
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow: 'Glasgow in Former Times' - Engraving (entitled: 'Glasgow Academy').
Glasgow, Glasgow High School for Boys.
Formed 1834 (previously Glasgow Grammar School) and housed in 120 Elmbank Street (Charles Wilson 1846) in 1878.
