Basic Site Details
| Name: | The Sixty Steps |
| City or county: | Glasgow |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | B listed |
| Grid ref: | |
| Notes: | Public stairway and retaining wall connecting with the Queen Margaret Bridge or Walker's Bridge, now demolished. |
Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Kelvinside Terrace | ||
Street Addresses
| The following street addresses are associated with this building: | |||
| Address | Main entrance? | Notes | |
| Kelvinside Terrace West | Yes | |
| Queen Margaret Place | Yes | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1872 | Build/construction | Some sources claim the steps and adjacent wall were designed by Greek Thomson. However more recent research inidcates that this is not the case and that the scheme was part of the larger engineering undertaking (with Queen Margaret Bridge) for John Ewing Walker. | |
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 | |
| A & G Thomson | A | 1872 | Some sources claim the steps and adjacent wall were designed by Greek Thomson. However more recent research inidcates that this is not the case and that the scheme was part of the larger engineering undertaking (with Queen Margaret Bridge) for John Ewing Walker. | ||
| Alexander Thomson | A | 1872 | Some sources claim the steps and adjacent wall were designed by Greek Thomson. However more recent research inidcates that this is not the case and that the scheme was part of the larger engineering undertaking (with Queen Margaret Bridge) for John Ewing Walker. | ||
| George Thomson | A | 1872 | Some sources claim the steps and adjacent wall were designed by Greek Thomson. However more recent research inidcates that this is not the case and that the scheme was part of the larger engineering undertaking (with Queen Margaret Bridge) for John Ewing Walker. | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Walker, John Ewing - developer | Client |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| 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 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Evening Times | 24 July 1936 | |||
| Glasgow Herald | 11 October 1869 | |||
| Glasgow Herald | 20 October 1870 | |||
Archive References
| The 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 | ||
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33772 | |
| Historic Scotland Records | The Listed Glasgow Buildings of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, complied by Iain Paterson, 1997 | ||