Basic Site Details Name: | Town Hall | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | The municipal records contain no specific reference to who designed this building the facade of which was based on Webb's Gallery at Somerset House, London. Dreghorn was employed to measure the masonry and may have been responsible for the design. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Tontine Hotel | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Town hall | | |
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 | | 1736 | 1738 | Build/construction | | | 1781 | | Reconstruction | Remodelled as the Tontine Hotel | | c. 1914 | | Destruction/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 | | Allan Dreghorn | | A | 1736 | 1738 | Was involved with the building of this |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | p52-3, 291 | | Renwick (ed.) | 1913 | Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow | | | v, 1739-59, 14 |
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