Description

Brown and Carrick, 1842-56. Classical terrace block of
mainly 3-bay houses with alterations. Nos 1-19 2-storey
and basement, centre (Nos 7, 8, 9) 3-storey and basement with
channelled ground floor and eaves balustrade (Nos 3, 4, 5, 6
altered and added to circa 1983 Burnet, Tait, and Lorne for
Glasgow Eye Infirmary); Nos 20-22 3-storey with Roman Doric
column porticos; nos 23-27 4-storeys with close entries
and Roman Doric column porticos. All windows, mainly in
architraves, sash and case except eye infirmary which are
altered to metal-framed casements. Most entries in unaltered
parts at head of flights of steps with ramped architraves
and cornices.
Nos 7, 8, 9 raised central section with full 3rd storey as
western pavilion; 1st floor windows dropped architraves,
moulded cills, aprons. 2nd floor cill band, margined windows.
Eaves mutule cornice, blocking course, set back dormers,
end stacks.
No 10-19 2 storeys and basement. No 10 thin Ionic columns
set into doorway. Ramped, lugged architraved, corniced doors
with pilasters and fanlights. 1st floor windows lugged
architraves, dropped to ground floor band; droved ashlar
basement with coped dividing walls. Consoled arches in
vestibules.
Nos 20-27 3 storeys rising to 4 in 14-bay end section and
basement, 20 bays; porticos with triglyph frieze at Nos
20 (covered), 22, 24, 26 pilastered with frieze at alternate
close entrances. Ground floor cornice, partly mutule.
Tripartite, stone-mullioned windows in 1st, 7th, 8th, and
14th bays from E, pedimented and consoled on 1st floor,
consoled and corniced on 2nd floor; all other windows
corniced on 1st and 2nd floors. 1st and 2nd floor, moulded
cill bands. Ridge and end stacks. Set back dormers.
ELEVATION TO ELDERSLIE STREET: 4 storeys, 10 bays with modern
shops at ground floor. 1st and 8th bays from N blind. Ground
floor cornice. 1st and 2nd floor cill band. Windows corniced
on 1st and 2nd floor. Eaves cornice. 1st bay from N
scrolled, corniced, wallhead stacks; 3 further wallhead
stacks.
ELEVATION TO CLAREMONT STREET: 4 bays, 3 storeys. All ground
floor bays, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th bays from N at 1st floor, 2nd
floor 1st, 3rd, and 4th bays, blind. Corniced wallhead
stack.

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