Basic Site Details Name: | Central Station Hotel | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Hotel | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 71-99, Gordon Street | Yes | | | 16, 18, 50, Hope Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1877 | 1884 | | | | 1884 | | Design exhibited | | | 1901 | 1907 | | Extension | | 4 January 1901 | | Contracts advertised | For extensions | | 12 April 1901 | | Contracts advertised | For extensions | | 1908 | | Design exhibited | Design for lounge | | 1930 | 1934 | Alterations and additions | | | 27 June 1952 * | | Alteration/conversion | Plans in hand for alterations and additiosn | | 5 December 1952 * | | Alteration/conversion | Plans to be prepared for alterations and additions |
* earliest date known from documented sources.
PeopleDesign and Construction* earliest date known from documented sources.
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1904 | | part 1 | | p87 (Miller's extension) | | Academy Architecture | 1908 | | part 2 | | p54 (the Lounge, Miller's extension) | | Graves, Algernon | 1905 | The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their works… | 1905-6 | London: Graves and Bell | 1884, no 1313 | | Hume, John R | 1974 | Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow | | Glasgow & London: Blackie | G74 | | Johnston, Colin and Hume, J R | 1979 | Glasgow Stations | | Newton Abbot: David and Charles | | | RSA | 1882 | | | | 927 (Anderson) | | RSA | 1908 | | | | 412 (Miller's extension) |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect | 11 October 1884 | | | | | Builder | 4 January 1901 | | | pviii | | Builder | 12 January 1901 | | | pviii | | Builder | 27 June 1952 | | | p988 | | Builder | 5 December 1952 | | | p852 | | Glasgow Herald | 25 October 1880 | | | | | RIBA Journal | 24 June 1916 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p267 Address by Anderson read by Lorne Campbell to RIBA on presentation of Gold Medal and speech by Sir John Burnet | | RIBA Journal | 11 February 1933 | | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | p287 Obituary of John Murray |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | H M Register House | Caledonian Railway Records | | Board minutes and cutting books BR/4510/4 & 5 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33029 | | | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | | GC 052 BAI (reproduced on www.theglasgowstory.com) | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Arthur Boswell: L v16 no1132; James Carrick: L v6 no342 (microfiche reel 31); Thomas Rollo Walker Mossman: L v10 no586 (microfilm reel 32); James Carruthers Walker: L v21 no1649; George Mackie Watson: L v21 no1659; Harold Haynes Matthews: F no4940 (Combined Box 44) | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 1/7680, 2/809, 2/958 |
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