183, 185, 187, 189, 191 Hope Street, Glasgow

Mid 19th century house remodelled and altered to offices, tearooms and restaurant by James Salmon (Salmon, Son and Gillespie), 1903. Four storeys, attic and basement rising to full ground floor with modern shops at Hope Street; Three x ten bays; second bay from north in Hope Street blind at ground and first floor. Continuous eaves lintel course, keystoned above single windows; mutule cornice. Mansard slate roof; axial and end stacks. ELEVATION TO WEST REGENT STREET: two outer canted bays with deep, independent mutule cornices flanking central segmental pedimented Corinthian portico with steps rising through. Casement windows with geometric glazing bars. Glazed basement; metal friezes to each floor. Ground floor Corinthian mullioned arched windows; second floor windows corbelled at centre, arched on Corinthian colonettes; third floor four-light casements in architraves. Central bay: first floor window consoled and corniced. Second floor elliptically headed; third floor round-headed attic windows. ELEVATION TO HOPE STREET: ground floor cill band; ground, first and second floor windows consoled, corniced, sash and case; third floor moulded cill band. Corniced and scrolled wallhead stack. REAR ELEVATION TO WEST REGENT LANE: three bays of two and one-light sash and case windows; droved ashlar. Wrought-iron railings and lamp standards. INTERIOR: cast-iron balusters; carved newels.