Basic Site Details Name: | R F & J Alexander's Cotton Spinning Mill | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The new Great Eastern Hotel situated in Duke Street is now open. Designed with the object of providing respectable men with lodgings at cheap rates, the building contains 400 bedrooms, lounge and reception room, dining room and restaurant, billiards room with eight tables, reading and writing room, barber’s shop etc. A feature is a roller skating rink in connection with the establishment, laid with maple floor and 200 feet in length. The building is fireproof throughout and has two large staircases besides an electric lift running from the basement to the top floor. Mr Neil C Duff was the architect. [Builder 29 May 1909 Page 653] | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Great Eastern Hotel | Yes | | | James Alexander's Cotton Thread Mill | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Mill | | | | Hotel | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 100, Duke Street | Yes | | | 1,3 , Duke Wynd | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1848 | | | Original building | | 1907 | 1909 | | Top floors converted to Great Eastern Hotel | | 2009 | | Alteration/conversion | Converted to flats with additional residential properties within the grounds. |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Charles Wilson | | | 1848 | 1849 | Original building, unusual use of iron | | David Henry Hunter | | B | 1907 | 1909 | Top floors converted to Great Eastern Hotel - as chief assistant to Neil Campbell Duff | | Neil Campbell Duff | | B | 1907 | 1909 | Top floors converted to Great Eastern Hotel |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Alexander, R F & J | Original mill |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Hume, John R | 1974 | Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow | | Glasgow & London: Blackie | G53 | | Sinclair, Fiona J, ed | 1995 | Charles Wilson Architect 1810-1863: A Question of Style | | Glasgow: Park Circus Promotions, 1995 | p23 | | Thomson, David | 1882 | Memoir of Charles Wilson | 13 March 1882 | Proceedings of the Glasgow Philosophical Society | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p154 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 29 May 1909 | XCVI | | p653 Refers to hotel as if it were a new work |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33828 | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | David Henry Hunter: L v1 no84 (microfilm reel 29) |
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