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Osborne Buildings, 123, 125, 127 Douglas Street, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Glasgow, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8651 / 55°51'54"N

Longitude: -4.2636 / 4°15'49"W

OS Eastings: 258438

OS Northings: 665866

OS Grid: NS584658

Mapcode National: GBR 0JK.S8

Mapcode Global: WH3P2.GVX3

Plus Code: 9C7QVP8P+3G

Entry Name: Osborne Buildings, 123, 125, 127 Douglas Street, Glasgow

Listing Name: 269-305 (Odd Nos) Sauchiehall Street, 123-127 (Odd Nos) Douglas Street, 192-200 (Even Nos) Pitt Street, Osborne Buildings

Listing Date: 21 July 1988

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 376715

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33176

Building Class: Cultural

ID on this website: 200376715

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Anderston/City/Yorkhill

Traditional County: Lanarkshire

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Description

Circa 1845. 4-storey classical tenement with shops.
Polished ashlar. All windows sash and case, architraved;
corniced at 1st and 2nd floors, mainly 12-pane glazing.
Continuous mutule cornice.
ELEVATION TO SAUCHIEHALL STREET: 30 bays in 3 sections,
8-14-8, attic in last 4 bays in E section. Recessed
Doric pilastered close entries with fanlights at Nos
271, 281 and 303. Late 19th century shopfront with
column glazing bars at No 305. 1st floor cornice. Cill
band at 3rd floor. Central stacks.
ELEVATION TO PITT STREET: 10 bays, 2nd and 3rd bay from
N blind. Ground floor: 2 close entries breaking forward
with cornice, 2 windows to right of No 192, 1 window to
left of No 198, and 1 entry altered from original window.
Upper windows symmetrically arranged, repeating
Sauchiehall Street elevation pattern.
ELEVATION TO DOUGLAS STREET: 10 bays in 2 sections, 5-5,
2nd and 3rd bays from E blind. 2 dentil corniced
shopfronts. Similar window arrangement to Pitt
Street. 3 wallhead stacks.

Statement of Interest

Possibly James Smith, architect.

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