Glasgow, 169-185 High Street, College Buildings
Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, 169-185 High Street, College Buildings
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 1 College Street; 2-4 Ingram Street
Canmore ID 167328
Site Number NS56NE 1765
NGR NS 59807 65167
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/167328
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Westbourne Gardens
Nos 1-18 Westbourne Gardens, 1872, James Thomson. Renaissance terraced houses, with taller end pavilions and corbelled first-floor windows. Extensions to rear of No 1, 1905, David Barclay, include Doric columned screen with segmental arch over wrought-iron fanlight. Nos 28-41, c.1876. Unique design of large Gothic terraced houses, with taller end pavilions. Vigorous details include foliate capitals to door columns. Good cast-iron railings to steps and basement. Nos 49-51, c.1875, Alexander Thomson. Classical terraced houses, Ionic porches, ashlar first-floor balconies with good cast-iron balustrade to Nos 50-51. The end house destroyed in Second World War.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56NE 1765 59807 65167
NMRS REFERENCE
Glasgow, 169-177 High Street.
Architect: 1793-5.
Numbering taken from OS plan NS 5965, 1:2500, 1966.
