Glasgow, Bridgeton Cross, Shelter
Clock Tower (Period Unassigned), Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, Bridgeton Cross, Shelter
Classification Clock Tower (Period Unassigned), Shelter (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 172742
Site Number NS66SW 611
NGR NS 60709 63998
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/172742
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
] Shelter, Bridgeton Cross, 1874, George Smith & Co., Sun Foundry
Octagonal cast-iron shelter, on cast-iron columns, gifted by the Foundry and known as the 'Umbrella'. Red shingle roof, square clocktower, weathervane. The Cross was a redevelopment formed by the City Improvement Trust in the 1870s.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
For Sun Foundry see also NS56NE 2450
Ornamental pavilion and clock tower, designed and erected by George Smith & Co., Sun Foundry, 280 Kennedy Street, Glasgow.
