Basic Site Details Name: | 1-11 Great Western Terrace | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Information from Mrs Edith Burnet Hughes. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Terraced house | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Great Western Road | Yes | | | 1-11, Great Western Terrace | Yes | | | Westbourn Gardens | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1867 | 1877 | | |
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 | | A & G Thomson | | A | 1867 | 1873 | Began terrace | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1867 | 1873 | Began terrace | | George Thomson | | A | 1867 | 1873 | Began terrace | | A & G Thomson & Turnbull | | B | 1873 | 1877 | Continued building of terrace | | Alexander Thomson | | B | 1873 | 1875 | Continued building of terrace | | Robert Turnbull | | B | 1873 | 1877 | Continued building of terrace | | (Sir) John James Burnet | | C | c. 1880 | c. 1882 | First as assistant and then as senior partner - completed westmost houses of terrace - adhering to Thomson's design for the elevations but changing the rear. | | John Burnet (senior) | | C | c. 1880 | c. 1882 | As senior partner - completed westmost houses of terrace - adhering to Thomson's design for the elevations but changing the rear. | | Kenneth Waltham Whitfield | | E | 1970s | | Platform on which it stands with steps, ramps and railed walls modified when Great Western Road was made an expressway. | | William Holford & Associates | | E | 1970s | | Platform on which it stands with steps, ramps and railed walls modified when Great Western Road was made an expressway. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Anderson, James Whitelaw, landowner | Legal client | | Henderson, William, builder | Original developer, but died insolvent in 1870 |
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ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Barclay, David | 1904 | Greek Thomson: his life and opinions | | Architectural Review May 1904 | | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p312 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architect and Builder's Journal | 13 May 1914 | | | Illustration | | Builder | 31 December 1910 | XCIX | | Illustration |
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 Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32517 | |
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