Description

A Myles, 1899-1900 for Glasgow Corporation Electricity

Department. Tall 1-storey pressed brick block with 15 large

recessed arched bays, 8 blocked. Original windows have a

42-pane pattern. Terracotta plaques between windows. Stone

cornice and brick parapet over end and central bays with urns

and central pediment.

Roof: northern part is original with slates, skylights and 5 ventilators. Southern part is modern except end which is

slate with louvred ridge ventilator. Steel framed interior.

2-storey 7-bay office, ashlar with incised detail. Wide

central entrance, modernised, flanked by symmetrical door and

2-window groupings, (1 door now a window). Consoled cornice

with block pediment at centre over ground floor. Sash and

case windows. Curvilinear pediment and urn finial.

S wing: 2-storey 18-bay side elevation red brick with blue

bands. Arched windows, most with 18 panes. Stone front with

large arched door and foliated carving in spandrels.

Jacobean style window, with 2 mullions and transom. Gable

with urn finial. Lower boiler house at rear.

Statement of Interest

1 of the 2 large electricity generating stations of circa

1900. Part converted in 1937 to a printing works.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17814453

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990