Partick District Library, 305 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow is a Grade C listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Library. 2 related planning applications.
Partick District Library, 305 Dumbarton Road, Glasgow
- WRENN ID
- sharp-screen-indigo
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Glasgow City
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1970
- Type
- Library
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Ofice of Public Works, 1922-26. Renaissance detailed library. Single storey 8 x 9 bays. Asymmetrical. Polished ashlar. Casement windows with T-pane glazing, elliptically-headed, dropped architraved, keyblocked. Roll-moulded plinth.
Elevation to Dumbarton Road: 3 bays canted, section at E projecting, facetted W corner section with flanking segmentally pedimented entrance with granite shafted columns. Entablature with sculpted laurel frieze and escutcheon, (enlarged over windows to canted angles), mutule cornice, balustraded die parapet.
W return: 5-bay section repeating main elevation, recessed 3-bay section with lower block in front. Slate roof with skylights. Boundary wall with wrought-iron railings, stone piers to main entrance.
Interior: partially altered. Coved, corniced ceilings with rich plasterwork.
Detailed Attributes
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