Basic Site Details Name: | Building at rear of Tontine Building | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Contained Sugar Sampling Room | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Warehouse | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Trongate | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | | | Destruction/demolition | Later demolished | | 1781 | 1782 | Plans drawn up | For Coffee House, Tavern and other buildings for Tontine Society. May not have been executed. Tontine itslf designed by William Hamilton - see separate entry. | | 1789 | 1790 | Build/construction | Date of construction of room at rear of Tontine according to Colvin | | 1829 | | Alteration/conversion | Conversion to warehouse |
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 | | James Craig | | A | 1781 | 1782 | Plans for Coffee house, Tavern and other buildings of the Tontine Society drawn up. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Tontine Society | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Cruft, K and Fraser, A (ed) | 1995 | James Craig 1744-1795 | | | p117 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Regality Club | 1863 | ii | | p77 and illustration |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | MS 83, no 6, 311718 | Tontine Society account book, 1782-1820 |
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