Sir Alexander Stone Building, Gilmorehill Campus Building D5, 16 University Gardens, University Of Glasgow

W N W Ramsay, 1953-59. Scandinavian Modernist style U-plan ranges of office and teaching accommodation with single storey lecture theatre infilling the 'U'. 3- and 4-storey with basement. Polished blonde sandstone facings; bull-faced sandstone to basement and vertical features (stairtower and window bay). Recessed window architraves.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION:

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: 8-bay with entrance straddling 2 bays to outer left; gently splayed concrete parapet to entrance stairs; panel of polished black granite to right of doorway; curved window to left of doorway; glazed 2-leaf doors; copper and bronze sculpture 'Knowledge & Inspiration' (Walter Pritchard, 1959) above to outer left. W ELEVATION: 3 angled windows at ground floor of S range; 11-bay W range with strip window at top floor. N ELEVATION: advanced stairtower to W range; regular fenestration to 5-bay N range. INNER ELEVATIONS: pitched-roofed lecture theatre at ground floor; regular fenestration to taller surrounding ranges; 5 projecting windows at top floor of W range.

Timber fixed-pane and casement windows. Flat roofs with parapets and overhanging coping.

INTERIOR (seen 2010): good period details to foyer and staircase; stone-faced wall to entrance hall; stair with narrow steel balusters and timber handrail; hardwood glazed and solid doors; some original signage.