166, 168 West George Street, Glasgow

166 and 168 West George Street in Glasgow is a building designed by John Baird and James Thomson between 1858 and 1860, reflecting a style from the 1830s. It has three storeys and features a five by nine bay layout. The exterior is made of polished ashlar stone, with the ground floor channelled and detailed with voussoirs, while the side and return elevations are finished in droved ashlar.

The central entrance features a fluted doorpiece with shaved capitals, situated at the top of steps that lead down to West George Street. There is also a segmentally pedimented doorpiece with consoles leading to an arched entry at No 175 Hope Street. The building sits on a plinth that rises with the slope of the hill.

All windows are sash and case, set within architraves. The ground floor has shallow arched windows above a cill band, along with a cornice. The first floor has a cill band with consoled, corniced windows that include inset moulded cills. The second floor features a cill band with corbelled plain windows. The eaves are adorned with an entablature and a modillion cornice, and the building is topped with a solid parapet that has regular coupled piers.