Located
in the Merchant city area,158 Ingram Street, Hutchesons' Hall was
commissioned in 1802 and designed by architect David Hamiltion .
The original building was sited in Trongate. In 1802 a
replacement was commissioned to be built at a new site. Classically
styled, the building was built at the north end of Hutcheson Street and
features two statues carved by sculptor James Colquhoun in 1649 of the
Glasgow lawyers Thomas and George Hutcheson on its south elevation. The
Hutcheson brothers had bequeathed monies left in trust to build a school
for poor boys and an old men's hospice. These statues were originally
incorporated in the Trongate building and thus pre-date the Hamilton
building by over 150 years.
The building is owned by the National Trust and is an A listed building.(abridged from Glasgow Architecture)
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