Basic Site Details Name: | Block of Tenements and Shops at Gorbals Cross | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Estimated cost of £30,000 to build. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Tenement | | | | Shop | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | Gorbals Cross | Yes | North west corner | | 32-68, Gorbals Street | Yes | | | 12-24, Norfolk Street | Yes | | | Oxford Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1874 | 1875 | | | | 1975 | | Demolition | |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 | | A & G Thomson & Turnbull | | A | 1874 | 1875 | | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1874 | 1875 | | | Robert Turnbull | | A | 1874 | 1875 | |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Gardner, John, Shaw, William & Dempster, Robert, builders | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gomme, Andor and Walker, David | 1987 | Architecture of Glasgow | Second revised edn | London: Lund Humphries | | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | Illustration | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 15 October 1874 |
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