5 Redlands Road, Kelvinside, Glasgow

John Smellie, architect; 1909. Truncated at W terrace of 3 x

2-storey and basement houses, 7 bays arranged 2-2-3. Unusual

reversal of masonry hierarchy with polished ground floor

banded at cill and lintel levels with rock-faced masonry. 1st

floor inner bays with rock-faced masonry.

Nos 5 and 7 symmetrical pair. 2-storey canted windows to

outer bays; deep plain parapets breaking through eaves steps

to round arched doorways rock-faced lintel with keystone,

glazed fanlight. Outer doors panelled, vestibule doors

tripartite with leaded glass panels and sidelights. Between

doors, arched roll-moulded recess with 2 small lights. At

1st, corbels support ashlar balcony with bombe section

cast-iron balustrade with festoons. Above doors single light

windows with raised margins. Sash windows plate glass lower

sashes small pane upper sashes. Eaves band, swept bracketted

eaves, plain skews. Corniced axial stacks.

No 9; 3-bay house of similar detail. Canted windows to outer

bays. Steps to central square-headed roll-moulded doorway

with lintel as above. All other details as Nos 5-7.

Flank to No 5; polished ashlar with rock-faced banding. Rear

elevations polished ashlar with extensive rear projecting

wings. No 5 with 2 canted oriels supported on brackets, to

1st floor. Otherwise windows single or bipartite with some

canted windows. Low rock-faced ashlar walls with polished

coping to gardens, that at No 5 supporting cast-iron

railings.