Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Following the launch of trove.scot in February 2025 we are now planning the retiral of some of our webservices. Canmore will be switched off on 24th June 2025. Information about the closure can be found on the HES website: Retiral of HES web services | Historic Environment Scotland

Glasgow, 21 Thistle Street, Glasgow College Of Nautical Studies

Training College (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glasgow, 21 Thistle Street, Glasgow College Of Nautical Studies

Classification Training College (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Ballanter Street

Canmore ID 289052

Site Number NS56SE 2193

NGR NS 59321 64374

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289052

Ordnance Survey licence number AC0000807262. All rights reserved.
Canmore Disclaimer. © Bluesky International Limited 2025. Public Sector Viewing Terms

Toggle Aerial | View on large map

Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Recording Your Heritage Online

Glasgow College of Nautical Studies, Ballater Street, 1962, RMJM

Distinctive white-tiled modernist block, in Lever House-type composition of a block sitting on a broad podium, with a domed planetarium alongside the squat tower, as at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's 1952 Lever House, New York.

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

Archaeology Notes

NS56SE 2193 59321 64374

References

MyCanmore Image Contributions


Contribute an Image

MyCanmore Text Contributions