Monday, September 8, 2025

Anderson College










 Anderson College Dumbarton Road, architect was James Sellars 1889 although the building was completed by John Keppie after Sellars died.

The blonde stone building is in a Italianate style with some very ornate windows and sculptures by James Macgillivray.

The original medical college was founded in 1800 and was named after John "phosphorous Jack" Anderson a professor of natural philosophy at Glasgow University from 1757 to 96 apparently he was a soldier who fought in the Jacobite Uprising.

The college was incorporated into the university in 1947 and was extensively refurbished in the 1990s. 



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.

Wednesday, September 3, 2025