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Latitude: 55.8781 / 55°52'41"N
Longitude: -4.2897 / 4°17'22"W
OS Eastings: 256856
OS Northings: 667360
OS Grid: NS568673
Mapcode National: GBR 0CD.HM
Mapcode Global: WH3P2.2JK4
Plus Code: 9C7QVPH6+64
Entry Name: Gates At Queen Margaret Drive, Botanic Gardens, 703 Great Western Road, Glasgow
Listing Name: 730 Great Western Road; Botanic Gardens, Gates at Queen Margaret Drive, Gates at Kirklee Quadrant and Boundary Railings
Listing Date: 28 July 1987
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 374928
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB32511
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200374928
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Partick East/Kelvindale
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
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Gateway to Queen Margaret Drive; A B McDonald city architect; circa 1894. 2 pairs of gates arranged with wide central carriageway flanked by narrow pedestrian gateway. 4 tall square gatepiers of banded ashlar and brick rising to octagonal domed ashlar caps with ball finials to outer pair, inner pair support wrought-iron lamp brackets. Elaborate wrought- iron gates with city arms.
At Kirklee Quadrant: 2 pairs of cast-iron gates with cast-iron gatepiers.
Surrounding gardens, low coped ashlar wall supports cast-iron railings. Opposite Kibble Palace and Kirklee Gardens; tall coped coursed ashlar wall.
Part of Botanic Gardens B group
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