The central section of the Western Baths, a private members swimming club, on Cranworth Street in the Hillhead area of Glasgow. Designed by Clarke and Bell in a mix of Byzantine and Gothic styles, it was built in the 1870s.
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Love the flower detail on these Victorian cast-iron railings on Hillhead Street in the West End of Glasgow.
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Traditional red sandstone tenements on the corner of Great George Street and Kersland Street in the West End of Glasgow.
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Blonde sandstone tenements on Hillhead Street in the West End of Glasgow.
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Spring sunlight streaming through a stained glass window on T.L. Watson's 1883 Hillhead Baptist Church in the West End of Glasgow. Currently abandoned and roofless, this B-listed Greek Revival style church is at great risk of bring lost.
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The imposing and rather stunning Kelvinside Hillhead Parish Church on Observatory Road in the West End of Glasgow. Designed in a French Gothic style by James Sellars, it was inspired by the medieval Sainte Chapelle in Paris.
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The magnificant and distinctive French Renaissance style clock tower on the former Cooper's Building on Great Western Road in the west end of Glasgow. Designed by R Duncan, it was built in 1886
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West Bank Quadrant tenement on the River Kelvin in the West End of Glasgow.
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The northern terminal pavilion of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1865 terrace on Oakfield Avenue in the Hillhead area of Glasgow. This is in much better condition than the one at the southern end.
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The terminal pavilion of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1865 terrace on Oakfield Avenue in the Hillhead area of Glasgow.
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Love this residential building on Bower Street in the Hillhead area of Glasgow, especially the inscribed frieze at the top of the ground floor and the detailing around the door. Built in the 1870s, its first occupant is listed as one Alex Robb, who worked at a shawl manufacturer called G.D. Fisher and Co.
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The terminal pavilion of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1859 Oakfield Avenue terrace of townhouses in the Hillhead area of Glasgow. I've been photographing quite a few of these recently, and it seems Thomson took a few more risks with these side elevations than he did with the main front elevations in terms of breaking symmetry and making use of a wider variety of architectural elements.
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Sometimes you can just glance at a building and instantly know it had to be designed by the great Glasgow architect Alexander 'Greek' Thomson. This is one of the windows on his Oakfield Avenue terrace of townhouses in the Hillhead area of the city.
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The Western Baths on Cranworth Street in the Hillhead area of Glasgow. Designed by Clarke and Bell in a mix of Byzantine and Gothic styles, it was built in the 1870s.
The central pavilion of the northern side of Glasgow University's Gilbert Scott building, which was constructed in the 1860s.
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Some magnificent Classical detailing on the top of the entrance to the former Hillhead High School on Cecil Street in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Hugh and David Barclay, it was built in 1883, and is a reminder that at this point the area fell under the control of the Govan Parish School Board
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Just for a bit of background, the building on the right is the B-listed Hillhead Baptist Chuch in the West End of Glasgow which threatened with demolition by developers because they say it's not economically viable to save even its distinctive facade (mostly due to damage caused after they removed the roof and did nothig to it for several years).
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A question to start today: Why is constructing the building on the left be VAT-free, while renovating the historic building on the right and converting it to a new purpose is not? To me, this is completely the wrong way round and such tax rules are undoubtedly contributing to what seems to be the rapidly-accelerating loss of our built heritage.
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The imposing Classical style entrance to the former Hillhead High School on Cecil Street in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Hugh and David Barclay, it was built in 1883. It later became Hillhead Primary School and is now flats.
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Great George Street corner tenement in the Hillhead area of Glasgow.
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