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Basic Site Details
Name
Terraced houses, Carlton Place
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Glasgow
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Facade restoration won Civic Trust Award, 1994.
Building Type Classification
The building is classified under the following categories:
Class classic
Classification
Original Classification
Notes
House
Not Known
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Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
Str Add classic
Address
Current Address
Notes
Carlton Place
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
1802
1818
Restoration
1991
Restoration of facades.
Won award or awards
1994
Civic Trust Award
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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
Peter Nicholson
A
1802
1818B
Began terraces - completed by John Baird I
Robert Duncan
1902
Nos 55-61 given a new double pilastered doorway
Peter McAlister
D
Architect
1991
Restoration of facades. Partner in charge
Philip Cocker & Partners
D
Architectural practice
1991
Restoration of facades
John Baird 'Primus' (John Baird I)
B
1818
Perhaps initially with Shepherd (see biographical notes)
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
client classic
Name
Notes
Laurie, James
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Related Buildings, Structures and Designs
Child Structures
This structure or site has the following component or child structures (click on an item to view details):
Child classic
Notes
Name
65 Carlton Place
5-year £5,000 \'face lift\' of properties along the street - mainly painting and street furnishings
Street Improvements, Carlton Place
Cost: £450,000.
Carlton Place
Cost of 1988 reconstruction: £1,000,000.<br><br>Saltire Housing Commendation, 1991.
60 or 61 Carlton Place
The hospice was set up after the gradual purchase and conversion of early-19th-century terraced housing on Carlton Place (see separate entry of parent building for details of original architect etc.).<br><br>Cost of 1989 rehabilitation as hospice: £400,000.
Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice
See parent building entry for details of the original architects of the terrace of which this forms a part.<br><br>Cost of 1991 work: £225,000.
42 Carlton Place
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References
Bibliographic References
The following books contain references to this building:
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Author
Year
Title
Part
Publisher
Notes
Architectural Dictionary
1819
Architectural Dictionary
volume ii, p912
Colvin, Howard
2008
A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840
London: YUP. 4th edition
Williamson, Riches, Higgs
1990
Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)
p520
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Architects Journal
1991/11/27
pp40-43
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Archive References
The following archives hold material relating to this building:
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Source
Name
Cat Number
Item Name
Notes
Strathclyde Regional Archives
Glasgow Dean of Guild
2/2253, 1/8765, 2/1152
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
33499
Nos 40-61
Courtesy of Philip Cocker
Information sent via DSA website, November 2009
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