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256 Darnley Street, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Pollokshields, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8386 / 55°50'18"N

Longitude: -4.2725 / 4°16'20"W

OS Eastings: 257789

OS Northings: 662929

OS Grid: NS577629

Mapcode National: GBR 0HV.0S

Mapcode Global: WH3P8.BHRY

Plus Code: 9C7QRPQH+C2

Entry Name: 256 Darnley Street, Glasgow

Listing Name: 84-112 (Even Nos) Nithsdale Road, 256-280 (Even Nos) Darnley Street and 281-289 (Odd Nos) Kenmure Street

Listing Date: 15 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 377115

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33444

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200377115

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Pollokshields

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

Thomson and Turnbull, still building in 1878, but begun
circa 1873, ie prior to Alexander Thomson's death.
3-storey tenement, all regular bays with plain
unmargined openings; long elevations to 3 streets,
shallow recessed bows at corners. Stone-cleaned yellow
ashlar, channelled at ground floor, cill bands at upper
floors (with Greek key detail at 2nd), frieze with
rosettes; main cornice. Sash windows with 4-pane
glazing pattern, smaller upper panes; corniced stacks
(mainly rendered); dormers with
shallow curved roofs, vertically glazed swivel windows
could be 19th century; slate roofs; elevation to Darnley
Street articulated by slightly taller and shallow
advanced outer pavilion blocks.

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