1 Prince's Terrace, Glasgow

1 Prince's Terrace in Glasgow is an astylar terrace of 12 houses designed by architect James Thomson around 1870. The terrace features 44 bays arranged in a pattern of 20-4-20, with two storeys, attics, and a basement. The exterior is finished in polished ashlar stone, which has been cleaned, with painted dressings and architraves.

The entrance includes steps that extend over the basement leading to doorways that are architraved, consoled, and corniced, featuring double-leaf doors. The vestibule doors are tripartite with glazed side panels and fanlights. To the left, there are full-height canted windows with a dwarf cast-iron parapet. All upper windows are architraved and lugged, with first-floor plate glass sash windows.

There is a moulded band course at the ground and first-floor cills, along with band and string courses at the eaves and a plain main cornice. The round-headed dormers are set in polished architraves and feature keystones and ball finials, with a cast-iron balustrade connecting the dormers. The building has corniced axial stacks with octagonal cans and slate roofs, as well as elegant cast-iron railings leading to the steps and basement.

The three-bay flank has simpler details, with paired corniced wall head stacks flanking the dormers. The rear elevation is constructed of stugged ashlar and includes two-storey canted windows with a cast-iron parapet, as well as gabled and finialled dormers. A low ashlar wall supports spearhead cast-iron railings that enclose the rear gardens and lane. At the front, there are pairs of tall corniced ashlar gatepiers at the carriageway, which support cast-iron lamp brackets.

Inside, the building was fitted out around 1880 and features a unique contemporary double glazing system that incorporates leaded lights. The front door has elaborate stained glass, some of which may be of early date or in imitation of the work of Henri Goltzias. The entrance hall is elaborately panelled and inlaid, with an arcaded screen that provides a baffle to the hall on the right, which is also panelled and features a Baroque overmantle.

The dining room showcases Italianate panelled decoration, a timber panelled ceiling, elaborate parquet margins, and a marble chimneypiece. The drawing room is L-shaped, featuring an arched screen, an elaborate deep plasterwork frieze, a geometrically detailed ceiling, and a complex parquet floor. Other interior spaces, including the billiard room, contain additional interesting details.