Basic Site Details Name: | Lilybank House | Town, district or village: | Hillhead | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Queen Margaret Hall | Yes | | | University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Campus Building D9 | Yes | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 42, Bute Gardens | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1850 | | Build/construction | Original house built (HS gives date as 1845) | | 1863 | 1865 | | Incoporation of earlier house | | 1895 | | Alterations and additions | N addition | | 1908 | | | Further work | | 2005 | | Refurbishment | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Blackie, John Junior - publisher and Lord Provost | Client for Thomson work | | Queen Margaret Hall Co Ltd | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Hansell, M, Harris, H, Reilly, M and Roxton, G D | 2009 | Architectural Treasures of the University of Glasgow | | | p52 | | MacLehose, James | 1886 | Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow Men who have died during the last thirty years … | | Glasgow: James MacLehose & Sons | p39 | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | | | Urquhart, G | 2000 | Along Great Western Road | | | p24-5 | | Urquhart, Gordon R | 2008 | Friends of Glasgow West: Hillhead Heritage Trail | | | Building No 6 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | | | Glasgow University Archives | Archval material relating to the building of the University | GB248 DC233/2/13, BUL/6/25/1-5 | Records of Quuen Margaret Hall 1894-1923 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32853 | | | Historic Scotland Records | The Listed Glasgow Buildings of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, complied by Iain Paterson, 1997 | | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | GLAHA 53061-3 | Job book (for 1895, 1900, and 1908 work) | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Court of Session records | CS228/C/29/8 | Court of Session processes, Carron Company versus David Ritchie, iron founder, of Lilybank House | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | Ref:1/ 3882 |
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