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Calton Police Building, 92 Tobago Street, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Calton, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8523 / 55°51'8"N

Longitude: -4.2304 / 4°13'49"W

OS Eastings: 260471

OS Northings: 664366

OS Grid: NS604643

Mapcode National: GBR 0RP.JW

Mapcode Global: WH3P8.Z5PF

Plus Code: 9C7QVQ29+WR

Entry Name: Calton Police Building, 92 Tobago Street, Glasgow

Listing Name: 92-106 (Even Nos) Tobago Street

Listing Date: 4 July 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 377931

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33859

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: 92 Tobago Street, Calton Police Building

ID on this website: 200377931

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Calton

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

John Carrick, 1868-9. 2-storey, 7-bay, classically detailed former court and police station. Ashlar with polished dressings, channelled ground floor and quoins.

Central entrance with architraves and panelled pilaster strips to console-corniced doorpiece. Ground floor windows with voussoired lintels. Band course over ground and 1st floors.

1st floor windows architraved and corniced with aprons. Deeply projecting cornice and blocking course.

Rear brick ranges (perhaps later) with barred cell windows and decorative stack.

INTERIOR: elaborately plastered coved ceiling to court room with 3-dimensional rosettes and very elaborate ventilator rose.

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