Basic Site Details Name: | Grecian Buildings | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | CCA | Yes | | | Centre for Contemporary Arts | Yes | | | Grecian Chambers | | |
Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | COMMERCIAL | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 252-270, Sauchiehall Street | | Original address | | 336, 338, 340, 342, 346, 348, 350, 352, 354, 356, Sauchiehall Street | Yes | | | 1, Scott Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1867 | 1868 | | | | c. 1902 | | | Roof rebuilt after fire | | 1954 | | Alterations and additions | Alterations to 348-350 Sauchiehall Street for Gentles and Morrison Limited. Plans, sections and elevations as existing and showing alterations. Details, including perspective view, of shop front. | | 1962 | | Alteration/conversion | Alterations to 348, 350 and 336 Sauchiehall Street for the Walpamur Company Limited. | | 1988 | 1989 | | Façade restored | | 1998 | | | Restoration and adaptation to Centre for Contemporary Arts by Page & Park |
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 | 1867 | 1868 | | | Alexander Thomson | | A | 1867 | 1868 | | | George Thomson | | A | 1867 | 1868 | | | Alexander Buchanan Campbell | | E | 1954 | | Alterations to 348-350 Sauchiehall Street for Gentles and Morrison Limited.
| | David Page | | B | 1990s(?) | 1999 | | | Karen Pickering | | B | 1990s(?) | 1999 | | | Page \ Park Architects | | B | 1990s(?) | 1999 | Alterations including extensions below and behind a georgian villa set behind Alexander Thomson's Grecian building. The two buildings became linked by a central enclosed courtyard. |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Gentle & Morrison Limited | | | Henderson, William, builder | | | Walpamur Company Limited. | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Law, Graham | 1954 | Greek Thomson | cxv, May 1954 | Architectural Review, May 1954 (Publication of 1960 Cambridge dissertation, original at NMRS) | | | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Architects Journal | 7 May 1998 | | | p35 | | Building News | 24 April 1868 | | | | | Building News | 11 September 1868 | | | Perspective view and details |
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 | | | | Glasgow School of Art | Drawings Collection | | Perspective drawing | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33193 | | | NMRS | A Buchanan Campbell Collection | BUC 1950/13/1; 1950/13/2-18 | Alsso handlist of drawings | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 8 August 1867 |
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