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Glasgow, 71-83 Holland Street
Local Government Office (20th Century), School (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 71-83 Holland Street
Classification Local Government Office (20th Century), School (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Glasgow Academy
Canmore ID 246533
Site Number NS56NE 234.04
NGR NS 58220 65803
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/246533
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS56NE 234.04 58220 65803
Main block, Elmbank Street. Italian Renaissance. 2 storeys, 11 bays; later attic. Ashlar, channelled central piers and quoins. 4 central projecting piers supporting standing figure sculptures by John Mossman of Homer, Cicero, Galileo, and Watt, circa 1880. Triumphal arches with channelled piers link central block to 4-bay wings, McLure 1875 and 1887 (S wing dated), similarly detailed to main block.
SCIENCE BLOCK: John Watson (Watson, Salmond, and Gray) 1931-32. Classical 3-storeys, 8 bays to Elmbank Street. Ashlar, channelled at ground floor.
71-83 Holland Street 2-storey, 7-bay block with entrance bay and 2 additional western bays. Ashlar, channelled at ground floor, rusticated quoins. Entrances in outer bays breaking through ground floor entablature with channelled voussoirs, corniced.
Formerly Glasgow Academy, became Glasgow High School, now Strathclyde Regional Council. (Historic Environment Scotland List Entry)
