Corinthian Club (former Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court), 191 Ingram Street, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Former bank. 3 related planning applications.
Corinthian Club (former Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court), 191 Ingram Street, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- leaning-buttress-willow
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Former bank
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The core of the building was designed by David Hamilton in 1841 with alterations and additions including a telling room by James Salmon in 1853. It was refronted and additions made by John Burnet Senior in 1876-9. This is a 3-storey, 7-bay rectangular-plan former bank with Free Venetian Mannerist style façade. It was later converted to court houses and in the late 20th century to a members club. It is located on a prominent site in Glasgow's Merchant City and occupies the block between Ingram Street and Virginia Place.
It is mainly built of ashlar masonry which is channelled at the ground and first floors with polished red Peterhead granite at the basement level and at the second storey colonnade and unpolished red granite at the first floor pilasters. There is an imposing central entrance with a broken pediment supported on heavy consoles. The first floor windows are deeply recessed behind a Roman Doric pilastrade, with an entablature above. There is a mannered Corinthian colonnade at the second floor in front of round arched windows and enclosing sculptured figures supporting a crest. There is a deep cornice and a balustrade die parapet.
There is large pane glazing in timber windows.
The interior has not been seen. Photographs indicate that the principal rooms and circulation spaces have an excellent imposing decorative scheme dating from the 1850s and 1870s with finely detailed plasterwork, plaster sculptures and timberwork.
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