Glasgow, Partick, 486 Dumbarton Road
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Site Name Glasgow, Partick, 486 Dumbarton Road
Classification Term Pending
Canmore ID 165352
Site Number NS56NE 1532
NGR NS 5536 6660
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/165352
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
482-492 Dumbarton Road, former Downie Place, c.1860
White ashlar tenement over ground-floor shops. Encrusted with window cornice details. Named after the Downie sisters, wives of retailers Wylie & Lochhead, the developers, and perhaps by William Lochhead who was architect as well as cabinetmaker.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
