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Glasgow, 160 Observatory Road, Notre Dame School
School (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 160 Observatory Road, Notre Dame School
Classification School (20th Century)
Canmore ID 168948
Site Number NS56NE 2014
NGR NS 56266 67408
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Chapel building. View from SE
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E building. S face. Statue. Detail
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Chapel building. View from NW
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Detail of entrance gates
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General view of main front from South
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Detail of sculptural panels to left of main entrance.
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Detail of statue
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Detail of Southwest wing
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View of rear from East
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Detail of first floor staircase
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View of art class from South
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Entrance between E and W blocks. Detail
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View of main front from East Northeast.
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View of rear from East
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View of science laboratory
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking NW.
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General view of main front from East Southeast
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Detail of statue
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View of library from Southwest
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Detail of main entrance
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Detail of Southwest wing
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View from NortheastE of first floor stair landing
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View of science laboratory
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking SSE.
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Detail of first floor staircase
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General view from SE
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General view from SSSE
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Primary school block. View from SE
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View of playground shelter from East
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General view of main front from East Southeast
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Detail of sculptural panels to left of main entrance.
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Detail of Northeast wing rear entrance
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View of dining hall from Southwest
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking NE.
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking W.
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General view of main front from South
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Detail of main entrance
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Detail of Southwest wing
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Detail of Northeast wing rear entrance
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View of main access corridor from Northeast
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View from SE
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Iron entrance gates. Detail
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Detail of first floor staircase
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Detail of main entrance
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Chapel building. View from ESE
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Detail of Southwest wing
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking SE.
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View of main front from East
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Detail of stair in main entrance lobby
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E block. view from S
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Entrance between E and W blocks. Detail
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E side buildings. View from ENE
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View of rear from West
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Detail of first floor staircase at Southwest end of school
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Oblique aerial view of Notre Dame School, looking S.
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Detail of entrance gates
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Detail of sculptural panels to left of main entrance.
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View of rear Northeast wing from North
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Detail of first floor staircase at Southwest end of school
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View of art class from Northeast
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View of library from Northwest
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Chapel building. View from E
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Chapel building. S end. View from SW
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Location view from SSE
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View of centre of main front from South Southeast
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- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Notre Dame High School, 160 Observatory Road, 1939, designed Thomas Smith (T S) Cordiner
Scandinavian influenced, built 1949-53 on the site of the former Observatory. A long block in yellow brick, concrete and ashlar, with projecting wings, incorporating bas-relief stone panels. Mackintosh-style baluster screens on stairs. Metal sculpture on modernist flèche with cross above main entrance pavilion. Brick shrine with statue of Virgin and Child to north.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56NE 2014 56266 67408
Publication Account (1997)
Cordiner's prewar work closely paralleled the contemporary architectural tendency of Modernity tempered by Traditionalist classicism, that became widespread in public builings of the Netherlands during the late 1930s and '40s. Here - as the postwar Linn Crematorium - the basic grouping is symmetrical, its brick and concrete simplicity offset by geometrical flourishes. (Fig. 4.57).
Information from 'Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75', (1997).
