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Really? I'd heard that the uni's John McIntyre building had A-listed stained glass windows, but the rest was B-listed.nodrog wrote:For reference, under Scottish planning law it's not actually possible to list *only* a facade -- it's all of a building or nothing!
Socceroo wrote:One of them stated that the building was nothing to do with their colleague in the City Centre, and that it was unlikely that we would be considered for the building as it had been "ear marked" for another purpose.
This was despite us knowing about the building prior to it being vacated and prior to it appearing on the Council's lists.
RCAHMS wrote:41 NITHSDALE DRIVE, NITHSDALE HALL INCLUDING GATEPIERS
Category: B
Date of Listing 05-DEC-1989
Description:
Alexander Skirving, 1887. Built as Mission Hall for Queen's Park United Prebyterian church. "Thomsonesque", with tiny temple front of stone-cleaned ashlar set between 2 pylons, with grand array of steps, piers, gates and railings to central door; remainder red brick, stepped window moulding to flanks in contrasting yellow brick; also basement; furthest bay with transverse broad-eaved gabled roof - roofs slated.
References:
Drawings, dated April 1887, in the Frank Worsdall collection on Glasgow City Archives (Ref A501), April 1997. Information from Iain Paterson, Glasgow City Council.
Notes:
Ecclesiastical building in use as such. Towers reduced in height from those shown on Skirving's drawings.
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