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Latitude: 55.8608 / 55°51'38"N
Longitude: -4.2527 / 4°15'9"W
OS Eastings: 259103
OS Northings: 665359
OS Grid: NS591653
Mapcode National: GBR 0LL.ZT
Mapcode Global: WH3P2.NY2F
Plus Code: 9C7QVP6W+8W
Entry Name: 17 St Vincent Place, Glasgow
Listing Name: 17-29 (Odd Nos) St Vincent Place, Scottish Provident Institution
Listing Date: 15 December 1970
Category: A
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 375789
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32836
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200375789
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
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J M Dick Peddie, 1904-8. French Renaissance commercial building. 6-storey, 2 attics and basement. 13-bay, with outer 3 bays each side advanced. Cream sandstone ashlar; channelling with rounded arrises at ground and 1st floor. Large segmentally pedimented porch oversailing basement at centre, with coupled Doric columns on polished granite bases, adjoined to basement area balustrade. Balustraded steps oversailing basement to subsidiary architraved and corniced doorways. Similar to outer right bay. Keystoned round-arched 1st floor windows, divided by brackets of 2nd floor balustrade, "Scottish Provident Institute", in gilded letters, emblazoned at centre. Consoled cills
with panelled aprons to round arched keystoned 3rd floor windows with open pediments. Smaller architraved 4th floor windows. Tetrastyle Ionic columns through 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors in advanced outer bays. Main entablature and with full attic floor above, in-set windows detailed as 4th floor, divided by panelled bays; eaves cornice and die balustrade. Leaded French pavilion roofs (with 2 attics) above outer bays, with oculi. Coped ashlar end stacks. Slate mansard.
Casement windows, with mannered glazing E elevation to North Court: main facade continues to 1st return bay then very simplified.
REAR ELEVATION: glazed brick, modern windows.
INTERIOR: some good woodwork inside.
Building begun in 1904 but not completed until after 1908, when a further Dean of Guild application was made. The rear elevation lowers over the rear of the Royal Exchange Square to S.
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