Basic Site Details Name: | Principal's House | Town, district or village: | University Gardens | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | University of Glasgow, Gilmorehill Campus Building A18 to A20 and A24 | | |
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 | | 1-13, Professors' Square | Yes | | | University Gardens | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1868 | 1871 | Build/construction | Original house | | 1898 | | | Addition of porch |
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 | | (Sir) George Gilbert Scott | | A | 1868 | 1871 | Original house | | Honeyman & Keppie | | B | 1898 | | Addition of porch | | John Honeyman | | B | 1898 | | Addition of porch | | John Keppie | | B | 1898 | | Addition of porch |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Macaulay, James | 2009 | Sir George Gilbert Scott and the University of Glasgow | | (Eds) Jones, D and McKinistry, S 'Essays in Scots and English Architectural History | pp75-78 | | McKean, Charles, Walker, David and Walker, Frank | 1989 | Central Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | | Edinburgh, Rutland Press | pp179-185 | | Ross, A and Hume, J | 1975 | A New and Splendid Edifice: the architecture of the University of Glasgow | | | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p342 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow University | Glasgow University Archives | | 'Drawings Collection, Principal's House the University of Glasgow' 1975, pp15-18 | | Glasgow University Archives | Plans | | GB 0248 GUA BUL/6/2/1-28, Professor's houses BUL/6/3/1-37 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32926 | | | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book |
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