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Basic Site Details
Name
Commercial Bank of Scotland, Glasgow Branch
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Glasgow
Status
A Listed
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
The building cost £14,917.76 to erect, plus a further £200 for sculptural ornament.
Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
Bank
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
Str Add classic
Address
Current Address
Notes
2-8 Gordon Street
Yes
113, 115 Buchanan Street
Yes
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Events
The following date-based events are associated with this building:
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Event Type
From
To
Notes
1854
1857
1871
Alterations, £2874.
1873
Alterations to Buchanan Street, £500.
1886
1887
Extension by Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
Design exhibited
1887
1887/12/08
Tenders for extension accepted
1930c
Furnishings
1938
Interiors remodelled
Alteration/conversion
1948
1953
Alterations
Alterations and additions
1953/06/05
Plans in hand for alterations and additions
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People
Design and Construction
The 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.
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Person
Partnership Group
Role
From
To
Notes
David Rhind
A
1854
1857
David Rhind
C
1871
Alterations for £2874
David Rhind
D
1873
Alterations to Buchanan Street, £500
Arthur George Sydney Mitchell
B
1886
1887
Extension
George Wilson
B
1886
1887
Extension
Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
B
1887
1887
Extension - begun before Wilson was taken into partnership
Scott Morton & Co (later Scott Morton & Tynecastle Co Ltd; finally Scott Morton Ltd)
1930c
Furnishings
James McCallum
1938
Alterations and remodelling of interiors
Alexander David Hislop
E
Architect
1948
1953
Alterations for Messrs Wilson Stirling & Co
Charles Gibson Welsh
E
Architect
1948
1953
Alterations for Messrs Wilson Stirling & Co.
Hislop & Welsh
E
Architectural practice
1948
1953
Alterations for Messrs Wilson Stirling & Co.
A MacDonald
Architect
1953/06/05
Plans in hand for alterations and additions
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Commercial Bank of Scotland
Wilson, Stirling & Co, Messrs
Tenants of Commercial Bank in the late 1940s and early 1950s for no 8
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
bio ref classic
Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Edinburgh Architectural Association
1907
Edinburgh Architectural Association Exhibition Catalogue
Edinburgh
Graves, Algernon
1905
The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of exhibitors and their worksâ¦
1905-6
London: Graves and Bell
1887, no 1583
RSA
1859
627
RSA
1888
734
Scott, G G and Others
1858
A Series of Executed Examples of Ecclesiastical and Domestic Structures, by G G Scott and Others
Williamson, Riches, Higgs
1990
Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)
p225
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Academy Architecture
*
XIV
p53 Original perspective illustrated
Building News
1887/06/03
*
p832 n nPerspective by Sydney Mitchell
Building Chronicle
1855/12/01
*
Civil Engineer and Architects' Journal
1856/01
v19
p1-2
Builder
1953/06/05
p893
Building Chronicle
1855/02/01
*
Builders Journal
1898/09/28
*
Sydney Mitchell & Wilson work
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
arc ref classic
Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum
RIBA Nomination Papers
George Wilson: F v19 p89 no 1396, microfolm reel 12
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives
Commercial Bank Board Minutes
12, 19 January and 8, 15 June 1854; 8 February 1855; 1 October 1857; 2 March 1871; 13 April 1871; 29 May 1873; 19 March 1885; 26 March 1885, 2 April 1885, 8 December 1887
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Lorimer and Matthew Collection
LOR G/40
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Archives
Commercial Bank Archives
CS/102: Correspondence from David Rhind to Comercial Bank
National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS
Sydney Mitchell & Wilson Collection
SMW 1880/32/1-21 (for Rhind and Mitchell work)
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
33030
Glasgow University Library Special Collections
Hislop & Welsh Collection
GB 0247 MS Hislop 14/1-14
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