Basic Site Details Name: | Westbourne Terrace | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 21-39, Hyndland Road | Yes | | | Westbourne Terrace | | Original name |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1870 | c. 1881 | | | | After 1921 | Before 1930 | | Conversion of houses into flats |
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 | | A | 1870(?) | 1873 | Started terrace | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1870 | 1875 | Only four of ten houses built in Thomson's lifetime | | George Thomson | | A | 1870 | 1872 | Started terrace | | A & G Thomson & Turnbull | | A | 1873 | c. 1881 | Finished terrace | | Robert Turnbull | | A | 1873 | c. 1881 | Finished terrace | | (Professor) William James Smith | | | After 1921 | Before 1930 | Conversion of houses into flats |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Anderson, J W | | | Clow, David | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | McFadzean, Ronald | 1979 | The Life and Work of Alexander Thomson | | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul | | | 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 | | Glasgow City Archives | Frank Worsdall's Collection on Greek Thomson, including job list and photograph list | | | | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32530 | | | Historic Scotland Records | The Listed Glasgow Buildings of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, complied by Iain Paterson, 1997 | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | William James Smith: F no2827 (box 12) |
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