Basic Site Details Name: | Lion Chambers, Hope Street | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | | Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 170-172, Hope Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1904 | 1906 | | | | 1907 | | Design exhibited | Completed by this date | | 1990s | | Proposed | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers |
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 | | James Salmon (junior) | | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer | | John Gaff Gillespie | | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer | | L G Mouchel & Partners | | A | 1904 | 1906 | As structural engineer | | Salmon, Son & Gillespie | | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer | | William Forrest Salmon | | A | 1904 | 1906 | With Louis Gustave Mouchel of the Yorkshire Hennebique Company as structural engineer | | David Robertson Collin | | J | 1990s | | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers | | Keppie Architects (later Keppie Design) | | J | 1990s | | Proposals for restoration of Lion Chambers |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Black, William G | | | Glasgow Buildings Preservation Trust | Cleint for restoration in 1990s |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Academy Architecture | 1907 | | part 1 | | p55 Photograph of completed building | | Glendinning, Miles | 1997 | Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75 | | Tuckwell Press Ltd | p145 | | McKenzie, Ray | 2002 | Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series) | | Liverpool University Press | p203 | | Miles Glendinning, Diane Watters, David Whitham | | Docomomo Scotland Leaflet | | | p227 Image | | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | p228 & plates 90-91 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Building Industries | 16 April 1906 | | | | | Building Industries | 28 November 1906 | | | | | Building Industries | 30 January 1907 | | | | | Building Industries | 15 July 1907 | | | Perspective by Gillespie | | Building Industries | 16 August 1907 | | | | | Ferro Concrete | | v2, no 1 | | p2-7 |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Courtesy of David Collin | Information sent to Dictionary | | Sent May 2013 | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33059 | | | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | 2/806 |
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