Copthorne Hotel, 40 George Square, Glasgow

Circa 1807-18. Classical terrace (originally domestic), with porches and balcony added circa 1850, and top floor and mansard attic by James Thomson, (of Baird and Thomson) 1903-5. Regrettable conservatory added circa 1986. Rendered and lined, with painted rustication at ground floor. Symmetrical 21-bay to George Square (3-4-7-4-3), 4-storey, basement and attic. Centre bays slightly advanced, with round-arched

entrances set in segmental doorpieces in outer bays of central group; pierced balcony bridging between pediments. Modern conservatory spanning 15 bays at centre, breaking for entrance

flights of steps. 3 architraved and pedimented windows to

centre at 1st floor, flanked by 2 round-arched panels each

side, with plain windows. Original cornice retained below

architraved attic windows, centre 3 flanked by pilasters and

breaking balustrade at centre in round-arched panel with

initialled roundel. Outer bays with giant fluted composite

pilasters retained from original design, with pedimented and

architraved 1st floor windows and paterae frieze below

mutule cornice; eaves balustrade. Pedimented dormer windows

in slate mansard.

NORTH HANOVER STREET ELEVATION: 5-bay on incline. 3 left bays

with Ionic doorpiece at centre and paired windows above, the

left blind. 2 windows at ground altered to bipartite.

REAR ELEVATION asymmetrical, with projecting rectangular stair

blocks off-centre to left and to right.

Plate glass sash and case windows, some with marginal glazing.

Panelled stacks with moulded coping.