Red & white brick, industrial buildings

[HollowHorn]

[glasgowken]

This can't compete with the last few posts but I like this wall, part of the wee building which is home to Relics.

[Local Hero]

Must be Bath Lane - the nasty brown building at the back behind Adelaide's/Church is my current place of work.

Off topic but it's a shame really as I have seen a lovely pic in the Virtual Mitchell of the the south side of Bath St from Pitt St westward showing a lovely Georgian(?) Terrace opposite the former Elgin Place church and off course Bath St curving away towards North St. Does anyone know what happened to the south side of the street there as the north side is still fairly intact?

[drks]

shawlands, an area i've lived around for 20 years and never seen this before - this was taken from behind the beanscene. went round the alleyway it faces onto, but couldn't get any better views as there's another derelict building in the way that's sealed off and earmarked for redevelopment/demolition of some kind.




it got me wondering what it would have been, and why it's still standing while seemingly entirely cut off by handsome tenements, luxury flats and other structures.

[McShad]

Ohhhh, some lovely PRIME examples for you here...

taken early evening with the camera phone so you'll have to excuse the bad lighting.... also, the wonderful little resizing program I found seems to live making the file size bigger some reason unknown to me.

Cotton Print Factory Shop


News international.... National Rag printers




I noticed some interesting buildings near the old Dunns factory.... if I had my bike, I'd scout it out a bit better

[Fossil]

First posted in the M74 walk thread


Fossil

[bankie73]

Corner of Middlesex Street and Milnpark Street, I think this was once part of the Portman Street Engine Works




Former Maryhill Engine Works, Lochburn Road now Craig & Buchanan Blacksmiths

[glasgowken]

Magnificent Especially the Craig & Buchanan building.

[Pgcc93]

Just off Glasgow Street in Hillhead




Bath Lane City Centre

[HollowHorn]

Adams Court Lane?

[glasgowken]

Amazing, I had no idea that was there
Reminds me of a London back street.

[HollowHorn]

I love this thread, Kenny. For some reason, many of us do, what is the collective attraction I wonder? Colour? Texture ? A combination of both? What do you think?

[glasgowken]

I don't know. The builders of old just seemed to have a talent which is now lost. Using cheap bricks, but arranging them in designs which are a delight to the eye
Something today's designers could learn from, cheap CAN be pleasing.

One problem with modern bricks is they're too uniform in colour. The differing shades of red on these old buildings make them special as well as the white accents.

[crusty_bint]

Going back to your original question Ken...

Anyone know anything about the late Victorian industrial style building of red brickwork, with white brick surrounding the doorways, & windows ?
I've noted it was used quite extensively in the old horse tram depots built around that time (hence my interest).

I was wondering if this brickwork style has a name, and was it developed by a certain architect, or did it just evolve by chance ?

I got to thinking the other day while looking at Slaters if this style evolved to mimic the fashion of using stone window dressings, quoins, parapets, datums etc on brick buildings to give a touch of grandeur. This fashion was used extensively by the Tudors, particularly in conjunction with red brick, and has never really died out as a technique and can be seen all over Georgian London (in conjunction with darker brown London Stock brick) and Dublin and is still being used today (although largely reconstituted stone in conjunction with yellow brick).

Just a theory tho

[glasgowken]

That theory seems spot on crusty Strangely, in my opinion the stone & brick combination isn't as effective somehow, but can't put my finger on why that is.
(When did you take that photo btw ?)



Here's one, ok it's not old, or industrial But I do like this new build tenement in Keppochill Road because of it's dark, & light brick detail. Bit better than the usual effort.


(This is built on the site of the old Springburn tram depot, the first electric trams in Glasgow operated from here.)

(Sorry, maybe this should have been a "past, present" post)