10 Claremont Terrace, Glasgow

This building, known as the Hostel at 2 Claremont Terrace in Glasgow, was designed by architect John Baird I and constructed between 1842 and 1847. The first part of the terrace, No. 6, was built as a freestanding mansion in 1842, with the rest of the terrace added in 1847. The terrace features a symmetrical classical design, with a shallow advanced center and terminal pavilions. The east terminal pavilion, which includes 1 Claremont Terrace and 1 Claremont Place, is aligned with Woodside Terrace.

The building stands three stories tall, with an attic and basement, and consists of three bays per house. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar, with No. 1 painted and the others stone cleaned. Most windows have painted architraves, and the steps leading to the Ionic porches oversail the basement. The terminal pavilions feature paired Ionic columns. All windows are architraved, with cornices at the first floor. The sash windows have either plate glass or four-pane glazing.

No. 6 has five-bay central pavilions and paired Ionic columns at the porch. The windows have ramped architraves, cornices at the ground level, and consoled cornices at the first floor. A decorative opening casement, inserted into the lower sash around 1900, features a wrought-iron grille and colored glass. There is a continuous band course at the first-floor cills, and the eaves course has a cornice, with No. 6 featuring a mutule cornice and a balustraded parapet. The building has axial stacks and slate roofs, along with good cast-iron railings leading to the steps and basement.

The intricate "hear and honeysuckle" cast-iron balconies are located over the porches, with No. 6 having a full-width balcony supported by cast-iron brackets. The flanks facing Claremont Street and Clifton Street also have five bays and similar detailing. The west flank includes a wide continuous balcony supported by slender iron columns that appear to be original.

Notable alterations include a replaced door with a canted window at No. 11 and a modern two-storey addition to the rear of No. 12. The rear elevation features regular full-height projecting bays. Inside, there are Corinthian column and pilaster screens, as well as colored marble columns in the hall. The interiors boast good cornice and ceiling plasterwork, with coffered ceilings in the main ground floor rooms, and good cast-iron balusters on the stairs.

At Claremont Terrace Lane and Claremont Place, there are a pair of hexagonal ashlar gatepiers, one of which is damaged.