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Glasgow, 20 Bellshaugh Road, Kelvinside Academy
School (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, 20 Bellshaugh Road, Kelvinside Academy
Classification School (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) 33 Kirklee Road
Canmore ID 44061
Site Number NS56NE 149
NGR NS 56556 67907
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/44061
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Kelvinside Academy, 20 Bellshaugh Road, 1877, James Sellars
Dignified Greek Ionic temple over plain entrance podium, with severe wings and taller end pavilions. An early work by an eclectic architect, later using any style, Sellars was by temperament a classicist. Cast-iron lamp standards, decorated with entwined bay leaves, flank the entrance. Austere interior, hall behind the elevated entrance and between classrooms. Hugh Fraser Library, 1989, a quiet timber-clad roo
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56NE 149.00 56556 67907
Kelvinside Academy [NAT]
OS 1:1250 map, 1973.
NS56NE 149.01 NS 56538 67860 and NS 56502 67914 Gateways
See also:
NS56NE 4149 NS 56450 67907 Annexe (2 Mirrlees Drive)
Architect: Campbell Douglas and Sellars, 1877-1879 (Sellars).
NMRS REFERENCE:
Library
Newspaper cutting - large
GWD 15023/1
(Missing 23.2.1993).
