11-13 Woodside Terrace Lane, Glasgow

5 Woodside Terrace in Glasgow is a significant example of classical architecture designed by George Smith. The terraces, built between 1835 and 1842, consist of two symmetrical detached ranges featuring three storeys, attics, and basements, with each house having three bays and shallow advanced six-bay terminal pavilions. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar, which is either painted or cleaned to reveal the stone.

Access to the houses is via steps that oversail the basement, leading to Greek Doric porches. The pavilions have paired porches with a full entablature and carved metopes, topped with a balustrade. The tripartite doors are framed with pilaster jambs, sidelights, and a fanlight. All windows are architraved, with apron detailing at the ground floor, cornicing at the first floor, and console cornicing at the first-floor pavilions. The windows are sash style, featuring either plate-glass or four-pane glazing. A cornice links the porches at the ground floor, and there are additional cornices and a blocking course at the eaves. The pavilions also feature a mutule cornice and balustrade.

The building has axial stacks with octagonal flues located at the gables and below the roof apex. The basement area is enclosed with cast-iron railings, which also extend to some steps. Inside the pavilions, the main rooms on the ground floor boast coffered plaster ceilings. The flanks of the terraces are detailed similarly, with four bays facing Lynedoch Terrace and five bays facing Claremont Terrace.

On the rear elevation, several full-height projecting square bays can be seen. Notably, Nos 16 and 17 share paired porches, while No 11 has a small ground-floor canted window alteration with an original window featuring a decorative cast-iron basket grille. No 20 includes a rendered billiard room addition topped with a cupola, and there is a modern two-storey brick addition at the east end.

Woodside Terrace Lane features a single-storey mews range with a loft, which includes three segmentally arched entrances to the surviving coach houses. The upper floors of this range have mostly been converted into dwellings.