2-20 Paisley Road West, Glasgow

Bruce and Hay, circa 1885. 3-storey and attic 5-by 3-by 5-by

8-bay gusset ashlar Renaissance block. Ground floor altered.

3-bay frontage string course, broken pediment. Arched window

rises through 1st and 2nd floors flanked by bipartites with

scroll motifs on 1st floor. Main cornice, Central blind

dormer in Dutch Renaissance gable with 2 niches flanked by 2

tall slate-hung corner towers with consoled Dutch dormers.

Southern tower has pedimented intermediate detail, a wooden

bellcote and winged angel.

Govan Road elevation: 5 bays of large bipartites with

pilaster mullions on 1st and 2nd floors, banded masonry

dividing windows on 1st floor, paired pilasters on 2nd floor.

Cornice, parapet, slate roof and 2 tall pyramid roofs at

angles, 1 with dormer. Paisley Road West elevation similar

but has pediments with carved tympana over 1st floor and

dormers in both pyramid roofs. Rubble rear, 3-bays, with

paired and tripartite windows and 2 stacks.