105-113 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

Frank Southorn, 1911-12. Edwardian classical commercial

building. 7 storeys and attic, 10 bays arranged

1-3-2-3-1 with facade divided into 5 vertical sections,

2nd and 4th projecting. Ashlar; 3/4 height, channelled

polished granite at ground floor, ashlar above, brick

flank walls. 3 arched entrances symmetrically placed,

swagged with number panels above. 2 tripartite windows

inner piers with central console heads survive in

Western bays; ground floor mutule cornice over fascia

projecting sections with bold corbelled balconies at 2nd

floor supporting seated figures. Sash and case windows

some with margin panes. 1st and 2nd floor outer and

central windows vertically linked in keyblocked

continuous architraves; repeated 3rd-5th floors with

scroll keystones. Continuous simple 2nd floor cornice.

Giant swagged anta order flanks projecting bays 3rd-5th

floors. Main mutule cornice. Parapet attic pierced with

windows; scrolls with carved lion heads flank projecting

bays. Green tiled mansard roof, corniced stacks. Nos

109-13 with polished granite curb and piers supporting

decorative cast-iron railings to unusual basement steps.