Basic Site Details
| Name: | Tenement and business premises for J & A McArthur |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B Listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Cost: £1,500. Various sources give J M Monro & Son as architects, but this is an error deriving from Hume (1974); the records in Glasgow Dean of Guild confirm that the architect was in fact John Gordon. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Tenement | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Gallowgate | Yes | |
| 202-204, Hunter Street | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| February 1901 | March 1901 | Plans dated | |
| 1903 | |||
| 1903 | Building dated | ||
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. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| John Gordon | 1903 | ||||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| McArthur, J & A Ltd - potato & grain merchants | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Gregory, Neil | 2003 | Monro and Partners: shopping in Scotland with Marks and Spencer | Architectural Heritage, Vol XIV, pp67-85 | p67 - gives J M Monro & Son as architects | |
| Hume, John R | 1974 | Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow | Glasgow & London: Blackie | p178 (D19) - gives J M Monro & Son as architects | |
| Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | p461 - gives J M Monro & Son as architects | ||
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33901 | Listing covers 202-210 |
| Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | Ref 1/8247 which gives John Gordon as architect - B of S says Monro & Son | |