48-52 Bothwell Street, Glasgow

48-52 Bothwell Street in Glasgow is a Free Renaissance commercial building designed by H and D Barclay, constructed between 1892 and 1900. This five-storey structure with an attic features five bays, with the outer bays being wider than the central ones. The ground floor is finished in polished granite, while the upper levels are made of red sandstone.

The building has two original shop fronts that flank a central recessed entrance, which is topped by an entablature supported by Roman Doric columns, with paired columns at the central bay. The entrance includes a round-headed door with a fanlight above it. The first and second floors have canted outer bays, while the three central bays are adorned with Gibbs surrounds. A bracketed balcony is located at the third floor, where the windows in the outer canted bays are round-headed, and the three central aedicule windows feature open pediments divided by pilasters.

On the fourth floor, the outer bays have bipartite windows, and there are three pilastered central lights. Pilasters also separate the central bays and support the main cornice, which has breaks that project forward over the outer bays. The end bays are topped with shaped gables that feature boldly projecting semi-circular panels, flanking a central semi-circular opening with a bracketed, pedimented head and framing Greek-cross plan stacks. The roof is slate with a red-tiled ridge.