Basic Site Details Name: | Tenements with Shops, 249-259 St Vincent Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tenement | | | | Shop | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 249-259, St Vincent Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1865 | 1867 | | | | 1967 | | Demolition | |
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 | 1865 | 1867 | | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1865 | 1867 | | | George Thomson | | A | 1865 | 1867 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Henderson, William | |
Related Buildings, Structures and DesignsParent Structure and SiteThis structure is related to the following parent structure or site (click the item to view details): | | Building name | Notes | | St Vincent Street UP Church | Thomson's only surviving intact church. Cost £15,916.0.3 1/4d (excluding cost of land) to build, plus professional fees of £1,207.7.2d (architects' fee £420). Builder William Wylie; carving by J & G Mossman; cast iron work by Weir & McElroy and Robert McConnel & Co; painting by C T Bowie.
Information about organ case also from John Watson Junior |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Fortune, T G W | 1966 | Dissertation on Alexander Thomson | | University of Strathclyde Department of Architecture Dissertation | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
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 | | | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | |
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