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Glasgow, 8 Lowther Terrace
Terraced House (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 8 Lowther Terrace
Classification Terraced House (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Great Western Road; Baxter House Eventide Home
Canmore ID 168403
Site Number NS56NE 1955
NGR NS 56307 67738
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/168403
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- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Built in 1904 by James Miller. Described as Jacobean Renaissence in style, as our its neighbours, Nos 9 and 10, it has the plainest interior of the three houses. Linked with No.s 9 and 10 in the 1940's to form a Church of Scotland care home. Developer scheme to return each house to a separate building, 2007.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.
8-10 Lowther Terrace
Three grand Edwardian houses forming an irregular ashlar terrace, linked as a Church of Scotland Home, 1948, Noad & Wallace. No 8, 1904, James Miller. Jacobean Renaissance, simple interior. No 9, 1904, Sydney Mitchell. Scots Renaissance mid-terrace polished ashlar house. Bay windows linked by projecting first-floor balcony. Second-floor Jacobean dormers break roofline. Good plasterwork and first-floor library. No 10, 1900, James Miller. Renaissance, for J Cargill. Dutch Renaissance gable and attic. Ionic features at second-floor level. Delicate cast-iron balustraded balcony over doorway. Good Art Nouveau railings and second-floor balcony on west flank. Excellent interiors with Oscar Paterson stained-glass staircase window
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Photographic Survey (7 February 2008)
Photographed by the Threatened Buildings Survey prior to re-development.
RCAHMS (CAJS) 2012.
