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1, 2 Park Quadrant, Glasgow

A Category A Listed Building in Hillhead, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8704 / 55°52'13"N

Longitude: -4.28 / 4°16'48"W

OS Eastings: 257432

OS Northings: 666487

OS Grid: NS574664

Mapcode National: GBR 0FH.GC

Mapcode Global: WH3P2.7Q41

Plus Code: 9C7QVPC9+5X

Entry Name: 1, 2 Park Quadrant, Glasgow

Listing Name: 1-10 (Inclusive Nos) Park Quadrant

Listing Date: 15 December 1970

Category: A

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 373945

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32243

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200373945

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Hillhead

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

Charles Wilson, architect; circa 1855-8. French
Renaissance curved terrace of tenements, truncated at No
10 (East) and adjoining Park Terrace at West. 4 storeys
attics and basement. Paired 2-bay elevations with paired
doorpieces giving main-door access to whole ground
floor/common stair. Nos 1 and 2 slightly advanced and
probably earliest build. Polished ashlar, channelled at
ground mostly stonecleaned. Steps oversailing basement
to tripartite doorpieces with elongated consoles and
cornices. Full-height canted bay windows; all upper
windows architraved; 1st floor consoled and corniced;
2nd floor corniced (consoled at Nos 1 and 2). Sash
windows, plate-glass or 4-pane glazing. Continuous
string courses at cills; bracketted cornice; blocking
course. Axial stacks, plain flues, steeply pitched slate
roofs with recessed dormers. Good cast-iron railings to
basement and steps.
Interiors: moulded cast-iron beams support stone
cantilevered stair with cast-iron balusters.
Rear elevation: full height projecting square bays.

Statement of Interest

Though in fact tenements, the main door and common stair

arrangement is outwardly disguised as pairs of semi-

detached houses. Part of Woodlands Hill A Group.

Upgraded B to A 20.5.86

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