Description

Crawford and Veitch, 1905 (dated). 4-storey and attic corner tenement with renaissance ornament and decorative sculpture, square corner towerv with distinctive bell-shaped cupola of Scots renaissance type. Shops at ground. Stone-cleaned red ashlar above archtiraves/margins; 4 3-storey canted windows to Westmuir Street in roughly symmetrical arrangement and in bays reaching through eaves; shorter flank to Duke Street. Original plate glass sashes. Dormers; stacks. Good Art Nouveau close tiles to 1361 Duke Street.

Statement of Interest

Built for G R and J R Watson. Eastern block not built. Tower based on now demolished Canal Boatmen's Institute at Port Dundas which was in turn based on the Old College in High Street.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17815584

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (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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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)