48A Dowanside Road, 48, Glasgow

48A Dowanside Road is a building designed by architect David Barclay in 1902. It is an end-house in a terrace of individually planned asymmetrical houses that share some similar detailing. The building has two storeys, a raised basement, and attics. It is constructed of polished red sandstone with a stugged base course.

The east elevation features a symmetrical three-bay design with full-height four-light bow windows flanking bipartite mullioned windows in the center bay. There is a moulded band course above the ground floor, an eaves band, and a timber modillion cornice. The south elevation is asymmetrical, with a projecting bay to the left. To the right, there is a tall flight of heavily balustraded steps leading down to a platt in the re-entrant angle, which is accompanied by a later timber porch with small pane leaded glazing. This porch provides access to a conservatory door in the west wall and the main doorway in the south wall.

Above the porch, there is a tall cavetto moulded keystoned doorpiece that extends above the porch, featuring tall double-leaf panelled doors. The vestibule door includes a fanlight with elaborate leaded coloured glass. To the right of the porch, there are two small leaded lights with decorative figurative glass above which rises a tall chimney stack on a bracketted cill. To the left of the porch, there is a projecting full-height bay with a large tripartite window at ground level (originally a conservatory) that has multi-pane glazing and top-hopper windows. The first floor features small sash windows, and there is a wide entrance to the basement. A continuous moulded cill band runs along the ground floor, with a band course at the eaves and timber cornice. The building also has axial and wallhead corniced stacks.

To the south, an ornamental garden wall continues from the back wall of the building. This wall is made of stugged red ashlar with polished dressings and features two arched niches flanked by Ionic pilasters, linked by an ashlar balustrade.