Glasgow, 51- 57 West Regent Street
Commercial Premises (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 51- 57 West Regent Street
Classification Commercial Premises (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) 22 West Regent Lane
Canmore ID 142825
Site Number NS56NE 673
NGR NS 58854 65611
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/142825
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Free classical. 5-storey, double attic and basement commercial building, basement rising to full ground floor at Renfield Street, 10 x 6 bays. Polished red ashlar, channelled strips at ground floor. Plinth forming ground floor cill band. Sash and case windows, plate glass. Blocks around windows at 1st and 4th floor. Ground floor partly altered especially to Renfield Street. Segmentally scrolled pedimented entrance with sculpted tympanum at No 69 Renfield Street. Columned doorpiece with segmental pediment at 57 West Regent Street. Built for G and J MacLachlan (publicans) at a cost of £28,000. (Historic Scotland)
Former headquarters of distillers and brewers McLachan & Co of Castle Brewery. The big plate glass windows on Renfield Street lit their showpiece Palace Restaurant. (Williamson, Riches and Higgs)
The American Consulate was based in this building c.1952, before being moved to Edinburgh at a later date (information received via Public contribution)
