Love this gable sculptural work featuring a native North American in full head-dress on the Wellington Street elevation of Glasgow's Central Thread Agency building. Built in the 1890s, the sculptures are by McGilvary and Ferris and this is just one of a series of masks representing people from different parts of the world.
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There are many interesting historic buildings in and around Glasgow, including the Chatelherault ornamental hunting lodge near Hamilton to the southeast of the city. It was designed by Robert Adam as an 'eye-catcher' at the end of Hamilton Palace's south avenue, and was built in between 1732 and 1743. This is just one wing of what Adam jokingly referred to as 'The Dog Kennel'.
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William Stark's 1807 St George's Tron Church as seen from West George Street in Glasgow.
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Saint John's the Evangelist Church in Barrhead near Glasgow. It was designed by Thomas S. Cordiner and was built in 1961. I love the hexagonal tiles on the front, and I wonder if this is a reference to religious orders keeping bees for their wax, which was traditionally used to make church candles.
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This is not from Glasgow, and there are no links I can even find to Glasgow, but it is one of Scotland's most unusual pieces of architecture. It's the Pineapple at Dunmore Park in Airth near Falkirk. It was built in 1761 by John Murray, the 4th Earl of Dunmore, with its distinctive pineapple crown added in the 1770s.
The beautifully compact Wester Moffat House in Airdrie to the east of Glasgow. Designed by Charles Wilson in a Scots Baronial style, it was built for the Glasgow lawyer William Towers-Clark in 1859. It's now part of Wester Moffat Hospital, but the building is no longer used.
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The weather delivering perfect conditions for Paul Zanre to work his magic. #architecturalphotography #basilspence #scottisharchitecture #contemporaryarchitecture
The Italianate clock tower on Wemyss Bay station on the Clyde Coast. Designed by Glasgow architect James Miller and built in 1903, while completely different in style, its outside is just a beautiful as its inside (which I posted a photo of yesterday).
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The rather stunning circular central booking office and radiating glazed roof supported by steel trusses of Wemyss Bay Station on the Clyde Coast to the west of Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was designed by James Miller, one of my favourite Glasgow architects.
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Dusk shots of our project to extend Sir Basil Spence’s very first commission, built in 1928 on the outskirts of Edinburgh. Leaves me speechless whenever I visit. #basilspence #contemporaryarchitecture #scottisharchitecture
Argyll Motors started in Bridgeton in the East End of Glasgow in 1899, but later moved to this much larger purpose-built factory. It closed in 1932, but was re-purposed as a torpedo factory during World War II. Only the administration block and the main facade remain standing, and is now home to a shopping centre.
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The grand entrance to the former Argyll Motor Works in Alexandria to the West of Glasgow. Designed by Halley and Neil an Edwardian Baroque style, it was built in 1906. I love the inclusion of an industrial-inspired sculpture above the door rather than the more typical Classical one.
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The rather beautifully lit Saint Mirin's Cathedral in Paisley under this evening's rain clouds. Designed in a Romaneque style by Thomas Baird, it was built in the early 1930s.
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In 2020, ownership was passed to the Kilmahew Educational Trust with the intention of eventually restoring it and bringing it back into use. However, as of today, here was little evidence that this work has begun.
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Inside the former Saint Peter's Seminary in Cardross to the west of Glasgow. Designed by Gillespie, Kidd and Coia, and constructed in the 1960s, this A-listed building is considered of international importance. Despite this, it has lain abandoned since 1987 and is currently in a ruinous state.
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The rather wonderful Scottish Jacobean style Dumbarton Municipal Buildings. Designed by James Thomson, it was built in 1900.
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A Scots Baronial style tenement on the corner of College Street and Station Road in Dumbarton. Built in 1898, it was designed by the local architect J.M. Crawford.
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Rhuallan House in Giffnock on the outskirts of Glasgow. Designed in a Scots Renaissance style, it was built in the 1890s for a coal merchant by the name of William Brown.
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A rather fabulous Scots Renaissance style townhouse on the corner of Redlands Road and Kirklee Road in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by John A. Campbell, it was built in 1900.
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The interior of the Hamilton Mausoleum in Hamilton to the southeast of Glasgow. Built around 1850, it's interior is awe-inspiring and has a rather unique reverberating echo which lasts a full 15 seconds. It's apparently an amazing space to sing in.
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