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Latitude: 55.8752 / 55°52'30"N
Longitude: -4.2805 / 4°16'49"W
OS Eastings: 257419
OS Northings: 667020
OS Grid: NS574670
Mapcode National: GBR 0FF.CN
Mapcode Global: WH3P2.6LXC
Plus Code: 9C7QVPG9+3Q
Entry Name: Glasgow Academy War Memorial, Colebrooke Street, Glasgow
Listing Name: Colebrooke Street/Great Western Road Glasgow Academy War Memorial and School Boundary Wall
Listing Date: 15 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 373704
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32187
Building Class: Cultural
Also known as: Colebrooke Street, Glasgow Academy War Memorial
ID on this website: 200373704
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Hillhead
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: War memorial
A N Paterson, architect; 1924. Polished ashlar war
memorial set in school wall at junction of Colebrooke
Street and Great Western Road. Stugged ashlar school
wall adjoins school railings at NE, and approach wall to
Great Western Bridge at SE. Memorial plaque flanked by
ashlar piers with wreathed dates commemorating schools
foundation (1845) and its reconstitution (1923).
Central inscribed dedication panel flanked by sculpted
palm branches superimposed on fluted pilasters
supporting incised frieze, mutule cornice and blocking
course. 2 shallow steps up to memorial High school wall
with intermediate ashlar piers with incised band Greek
key detail.
The Builder describes the unveiling of the Academy War Memorial on the 11 November 1924, attributing the work to Paterson. The obituary on Millar, written by his former partner A McInnes Gardner in 1922 claims a memorial design for the Academy as his own. It seems probable that Millar designed a memorial but it was not the one chosen; if Paterson had merely been executing Millar's design there would surely have been reference to his name or follow-up to The Builder's attribution.
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