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160 West George Street, 158, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Glasgow, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8627 / 55°51'45"N

Longitude: -4.2576 / 4°15'27"W

OS Eastings: 258804

OS Northings: 665579

OS Grid: NS588655

Mapcode National: GBR 0LL.04

Mapcode Global: WH3P2.KWRZ

Plus Code: 9C7QVP7R+3W

Entry Name: 160 West George Street, 158, Glasgow

Listing Name: 158, 160 West George Street 150 Hope Street and West Regent Lane

Listing Date: 21 July 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 376833

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33243

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200376833

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

Circa 1830. Top storey and rear additions (?). Classical
house converted to offices. 3 storeys and half sunk basement,
5 x 7 bays. Polished ashlar, channelled at basement, droved
ashlar rear elevation. Central Roman Doric doorpiece with
mutule cornice, at head of steps oversailing basement at No
160 West George Street; pilastered doorpiece at No 150 Hope
Street. 2nd floor plain entablature. 3rd floor cill band.
Eaves cornice; parapet, raised with balustrade to central
section, West George Street. All windows sash and case in
architraves, plate glass. Axial corniced stacks.
ELEVATION TO WEST GEORGE STREET: 4 corbelled, corniced
windows flanking entrance, corniced windows above; plain at
2nd floor.
ELEVATION TO HOPE STREET: 7 bays arranged 3-2-2, outer bays
breaking forward; 1st bay from S blind at ground, 2nd bay
blind at 2nd floor, 2-light stone mullioned windows in
northern outer bays. Reduced wallhead stack. Cast-iron
railings.
RETURN ELEVATION TO WEST REGENT LANE: 4-pane glazing.

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