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Basic Site Details
Name
Lion Chambers, Hope Street
Town, District or Village
Parish
City or County
Glasgow
Status
Country
Scotland
Grid Ref
Grid Ref N
Grid Ref E
Notes
Street Addresses
The following street addresses are associated with this building:
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Address
Current Address
Notes
170-172 Hope 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
1904
1906
Design exhibited
1907
Completed by this date
Proposed
199
Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers
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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
James Salmon (junior)
A
1904
1906
With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer
John Gaff Gillespie
A
1904
1906
With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer
L G Mouchel & Partners
A
1904
1906
As structural engineer
Salmon, Son & Gillespie
A
1904
1906
With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer
William Forrest Salmon
A
1904
1906
With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer
David Robertson Collin
J
Architect
199
Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers
Keppie Architects (later Keppie Design)
J
Architectural practice
199
Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers
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Clients
The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
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Name
Notes
Black, William G
Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust
Cleint for restoration in 1990s
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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
Academy Architecture
1907
part 1
p55 Photograph of completed building
Glendinning, Miles
1997
Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75
Tuckwell Press Ltd
p145
McKenzie, Ray
2002
Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series)
Liverpool University Press
p203
Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters, David Whitham
Docomomo Scotland Leaflet
p227 Image
Williamson, Riches, Higgs
1990
Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland)
p228 & plates 90-91
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Periodical References
The following periodicals contain references to this building:
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Periodical Name
Date
Edition
Publisher
Notes
Building Industries
1906/11/28
*
Building Industries
1907/08/16
*
Ferro Concrete
*
v2, no 1
p2-7
Building Industries
1906/04/16
*
Building Industries
1907/01/30
*
Building Industries
1907/07/15
*
Perspective by Gillespie
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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
2/806
Historic Environment Scotland
Listed Buildings Register
33059
Courtesy of David Collin
Information sent to Dictionary
Sent May 2013
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