Showing posts with label Villa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Villa. Show all posts

Friday, September 5, 2025

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow



Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons 242 St Vincent Street dating from the 1830s.

A five bay villa with fluted coupled columns and a balustrade to the central portico, the original architect is unknown but the building was altered by Sir J J Burnet.

Sunday, July 27, 2025

52 Charlotte Street


 Charlotte Streeton on the west side of Glasgow Green was at one time lined with villas and was a much sought after area for the well to do of the time. (1790]

This villa is the only survivor and is a listed A building, the villa was once owned by David Dale who established the mills at New Lanark.

The villa was subdivided into flats in 1988.

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Holmwood House























Holmwood House is the finest and most elaborate residential villa designed by the Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson. It is also rare in retaining much of its original interior decor, and being open to the public. A Category A listed building, the villa is located at 61–63 Netherlee Road, Cathcart, in the southern suburbs of Glasgow, and is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Holmwood is considered to be immensely influential by several architectural historians, because the design as published in Villa and Cottage Architecture: select examples of country and suburban residence recently erected in 1868[1] may have influenced Frank Lloyd Wright and other proto-modernist architects.


INFO Courtesy of Wikipedia

Sunday, June 29, 2025

Balgray Tower

 A Glasgow oddity, situated in Springburn housing estate.

The castellated gothic turret and villa was built in 1820 by a wealthy tea merchant apparently

going by the name of Captain Breeze ,however on checking with British Listed Buildings  it would appear the  first owner was Duncan Mossfield.


The stone villa and turret are B listed.