Glasgow, Argyle Street, General
General View
Site Name Glasgow, Argyle Street, General
Classification General View
Alternative Name(s) Main Street; Grahamston
Canmore ID 78593
Site Number NS56NE 644
NGR NS 5890 6508
NGR Description NS 5805 6524 to NS 5929 6499
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/78593
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 644 5805 6524 to 5929 6499
NMRS REFERENCE:
John Adam built house at the corner of Jamaica Street about 1770 and also houses facing Argyll (sic) Street as far East as Adam Court Lane
470 Argyle Street, Neptune Buildings (location uncertain at time of upgrade - 28.6.1999)
Architect: Dr Peter McGregor Chalmers - 1906
563 - 597 Argyle Street (location uncertain at time of upgrade - 28.6.1999)
Architect: Sir John James Burnet - c.1895
Argyle Street, Central Stores (location uncertain at time of upgrade, 28.6.1999)
Architect: Runtz & Co - 1900
563-597 Argyle Street, Anderston Cross which was Category C Listed was demolished between 1965 and 1974. Information from Demolitions catalogue held in RCAHMS library.
Mitchell Library:
Bygone Glasgow, No 23
- corner of Jamaica Street
Glasgow in Former Times
- original drawing by J Hart from Gray's Court to the top of Jamaica Street as it existed in 1794
p.155: lithograph of North side from East of Miller Street to West of Queen Street
p.105: lithograph of South side from West of Turner's Court to East of St Enoch's Square
p.108: lithograph of North side of Argyle Street between Urim and Queen Street
NMRS REFERENCE:
NMRS Library - RIAS NELSON COLLECTION
GRAHAMSTON From NS 5866 5613 to Ns 5883 6510.
Lithograph views showing Grahamston ans the Norh side of Argyle Street.
Insc: 'Graham, in 1793. North side of Argyle Street in 1793 between Union Street and Queen Street. Allan & Ferguson Lith.
u.s.
d.'1793'
(215x281)
Acc. no:1993/89.