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Latitude: 55.8608 / 55°51'38"N
Longitude: -4.2573 / 4°15'26"W
OS Eastings: 258816
OS Northings: 665374
OS Grid: NS588653
Mapcode National: GBR 0LL.2T
Mapcode Global: WH3P2.KYXD
Plus Code: 9C7QVP6V+83
Entry Name: 1-11 Renfield Street, Glasgow
Listing Name: 1-11 (Odd Nos) Renfield Street and 60-70 (Even Nos) Gordon Street
Listing Date: 15 December 1970
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 376528
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33100
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200376528
Location: Glasgow
County: Glasgow
Town: Glasgow
Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Traditional County: Lanarkshire
Tagged with: Building
Boucher and Cousland, 1858; corner and other alterations
Sir J J Burnet (Burnet Son and Campbell), 1896-8 and
1900-2. 4-storey and attic classical warehouse with shops,
5 x 6 bays with 3-bay, bowed corner section inserted.
Painted ashlar, channelled quoins on flanking corner piers.
FLAT OUTER SECTIONS: keyblocked Italianate arched glazed
pilastrade at each floor. Ionic 1st, Corinthian 2nd,
coupled at western end, mutule cornice between floors;
bracketted eaves mutule cornice; 3rd floor balustraded
balcony; recessed glazing separated by deep panelled
piers; plain entablature; steep mansard, raised at NE
corner with cast-iron balustrade.
CORNER SECTION: channelled angle pilasters rising into
attic to suppoort sculpture 1st floor balcony; central
aedicule with open segmental head and sculpted tympanum
1st floor; mutule cornice; giant order of 2 Corinthian
columns rising through 1st and 2nd storeys; 3 pedimented,
lugged architraved attic lights separated by sculpted
figures; cornice with semi-circular drops; cupola; columned
roof lantern.
NORTHMOST OUTER BAY TO RENFIELD STREET: flanking channelled
piers and attic light as corner section.
Interior: columned ground floor. Carved timber imperial
staircase to all floors.
Originally John Black and Son's Warehouse. Formerly
Forsyth's altered by J J Burnet for R W Forsyth 1896
onwards.
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