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Carlton Place, GLASGOW, G5 9TW

Grand, but boarded up, Georgian building on the south bank of the Clyde. See also Image

Looking across the Clyde to the Category A Listed buildings http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33499 at the east end of Carlton Place.

Seen, across the River Clyde, is this fine terrace of houses, now mostly used as offices. Built in 1804, this Classical 3-storey and basement 35-bay (originally 40 bay) pedimented terrace was unaltered until 1902. Listed, category A, with details at: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33499

On the south bank of the Clyde, overlooking the city centre.

A grand Georgian terrace on the south bank of the Clyde, opposite Customhouse Quay. Built in the early 1800s to a design by Peter Nicholson.

A Category B Listed building http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:33500 on the south bank of the Clyde, opposite Customhouse Quay. The following is from The Glasgow Story website http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA01088 Carlton Place contains two elegant tenement buildings each of 375 feet in length, with balconies in the middle and at the ends of their facades. The buildings were designed as a single architectural concept, a first for Glasgow, and were intended as the showpiece of Laurieston, the residential suburb built by the brothers John and David Laurie in the early 1800s. The original architect was Peter Nicholson, and the work was completed by John Baird Snr.

A Category B Listed building http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:33500 on the south bank of the Clyde, opposite Customhouse Quay. The following is from The Glasgow Story website http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA01088 Carlton Place contains two elegant tenement buildings each of 375 feet in length, with balconies in the middle and at the ends of their facades. The buildings were designed as a single architectural concept, a first for Glasgow, and were intended as the showpiece of Laurieston, the residential suburb built by the brothers John and David Laurie in the early 1800s. The original architect was Peter Nicholson, and the work was completed by John Baird Snr.

A Category B Listed building http://data.historic-scotland.gov.uk/pls/htmldb/f?p=2200:15:0::::BUILDING:33500 on the south bank of the Clyde, opposite Customhouse Quay. The following is from The Glasgow Story website http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA01088 Carlton Place contains two elegant tenement buildings each of 375 feet in length, with balconies in the middle and at the ends of their facades. The buildings were designed as a single architectural concept, a first for Glasgow, and were intended as the showpiece of Laurieston, the residential suburb built by the brothers John and David Laurie in the early 1800s. The original architect was Peter Nicholson, and the work was completed by John Baird Snr.

The following is from The Glasgow Story website http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA01088 Carlton Place contains two elegant tenement buildings each of 375 feet in length, with balconies in the middle and at the ends of their facades. The buildings were designed as a single architectural concept, a first for Glasgow, and were intended as the showpiece of Laurieston, the residential suburb built by the brothers John and David Laurie in the early 1800s. The original architect was Peter Nicholson, and the work was completed by John Baird Snr. This photo shows the easternmost of the buildings, the rear of which can be seen here Image

Laid bare for all to see from South Portland Street.