2 Crown Gardens, Glasgow

James Thomson, architect; circa 1870. Long symmetrical

astylar terrace of houses set back from Crown Road North. 35

bays arranged 4-27-4. 3 bays per house with 4-bay shallow

advanced terminal pavilions. 3 storeys, attics and basement.

Polished ashlar, channelled at ground; droved at basement;

stonecleaned.

Each house: to left flight of steps oversailing basement to

tripartite doorpiece with glazed side-lights; doubleleaf

doors. 1st floor architraved corniced windows flank centrally

placed canted oriel linked by consoled balcony with low

cast-iron balustrade (missing at No 3). 2nd floor windows

architraved with cill band. Sash windows, plate glass

glazing. 4-bay pavilions similarly detailed with individual

flights of steps to paired centrally placed doorpieces

flanked by 2-storey canted windows. Modillion cornice.

Parapet with cast-iron balustrade and die pedestals (absent

at Nos 3, 5, 9, 10 and 11), ashlar balustrade at pavilions,

die pedestals supporting urns. Axial stacks, slate roofs.

Cast-iron railings to steps and basement.

Interiors: generally good plasterwork to cornice and ceiling

roses; Corinthian column screen to hall. Good cast-iron

balusters to stairs with carved wood newel post. 3-bay flank

to N; polished ashlar; windows detailed as main terrace.

Corniced wall-head stacks flank architraved round-headed

dormer. Flank to S; stugged ashlar; irregular fenestration.

Rear elevation stugged ashlar. Nos 9 and 10 with tall

round-headed dormers. Tall axial stacks.

Lane to rear entered through arched gateway at S linking

Crown Circus and Crown Gardens. Piers support moulded

depressed arch with central console/keystone supporting

ashlar balustraded parapet; spurstones. Lane separated from

rear gardens by low ashlar wall with cast-iron spearhead

railings.

Pairs of ashlar gatepiers to left of No 1 and to Lane

entrance; tall, square and corniced. Low ashlar wall

separates carriageway from main road.