Glasgow, 1-5 Glasgow Street
Tenement (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 1-5 Glasgow Street
Classification Tenement (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Cowan Lane
Canmore ID 248405
Site Number NS56NE 4380
NGR NS 57301 66917
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/248405
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (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
