Basic Site Details | Name: | Gartsherrie Offices | | City or county: | Glasgow | | Country: | Scotland | | Parish: | | | Status: | B listed | | Grid ref: | | | Notes: | THE GARTSHERRIE OFFICES.—This handsome new building, the property of Messrs William Baird and Company, the well-known iron-masters is now nearly finished, it is built at the north-west corner of Hope Street and West George Street, and has a frontage of 90 feet to the former and of 47 feet to the latter street. The building covers the whole ground, and consists of three floors above the street and a basement floor. The ground floor which is entered from centre of front to West George Street, will be occupied by the Company, and the first and second floors as separate business chambers, the entrance to them being in centre of front to Hope Street. These offices and chambers have been provided with several fireproof chambers constructed of solid masonry, having each fire-resisting doors on a new principle by Messrs Thomas Perry and Son, of Staffordshire. The floors over the Company's offices are constructed with brick arches on iron girders, so that should fire occur it will be confined to the floor in which it originated. The bulldogs will be heated by " Sylvester's Patent Gill Air-warmer." The elevation is in many respects like to the new warehouses noticed above, but much plainer, the rustication is here only in horizontal channels, the first-floor windows have lost their carved frieze as also the entablature, and the main cornice the dentils, which are the more missed, the modillions being here also carved. The estimated cost of the whole work is about £6,000. The contractors are: mason, Mr Alexander Broom; joiners, Messrs Hunter and Marshall: slaters, Messrs A and D Mackay; plumber, Mr John Rattray; plasterer, Mr D Smith, all of Glasgow. | Building Type Classification| The building is classified under the following categories: | | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Commercial premises | | |
Street Addresses| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 175, Hope Street | Yes | NW corner | | 166-168, West George Street | Yes | |
Events| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1860 | | Build/construction | |
PeopleDesign 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. | | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | | Baird & Thomson | | A | 1859(?) | 1860 | | | James Thomson | | A | 1859(?) | 1860 | | | John Baird 'Primus' (John Baird I) | | A | 1859 * | | Completed shortly after Baird's death |
* earliest date known from documented sources. Clients| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | | Name | Notes | | William Baird and Company | |
ReferencesPeriodical References| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building News | 18 May 1860 | | | p403 |
Archive References| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33244 | |
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