166, 168 West George Street, Glasgow

John Baird and James Thomson, 1858-60 in style of 1830. 3

storeys, 5 x 9 bays. Polished ashlar, channelled at ground

floor with voussoirs, droved ashlar side and return

elevation. Central fluted doorpiece with shaved capitals, at

head of steps oversailing basement to West George Street.

Consoled, segmentally pedimented doorpiece to arched,

architraved entry at No 175 Hope Street. Plinth, rising on

slope of hill. All windows sash and case in architraves.

Shallow arched ground floor windows on cill band, ground

floor cornice. 1st floor cill band; consoled, corniced

windows with inset moulded cills. 2nd floor cill band;

corbelled plain windows. Eaves entablature; modillion

cornice. Solid parapet with regular coupled piers.