9 Crown Gardens, Glasgow

2 Crown Gardens in Glasgow is a long, symmetrical terrace of houses designed by architect James Thomson around 1870. The terrace is set back from Crown Road North and consists of 35 bays arranged in a 4-27-4 pattern, with three bays per house and four-bay shallow advanced terminal pavilions. The buildings rise three storeys, with attics and basements, and are constructed of polished ashlar stone, channelled at the ground level and droved at the basement, which has been stone cleaned.

Each house features a flight of steps leading to a tripartite doorpiece with glazed side-lights and double-leaf doors. The first-floor windows are architraved and corniced, flanking a centrally placed canted oriel that is linked by a consoled balcony with a low cast-iron balustrade, although this is missing at No 3. The second-floor windows are also architraved with a cill band, and all windows are sash with plate glass glazing. The four-bay pavilions are similarly detailed, each with individual flights of steps leading to paired centrally placed doorpieces flanked by two-storey canted windows. The terrace features a modillion cornice, a parapet with a cast-iron balustrade and die pedestals, although these are absent at Nos 3, 5, 9, 10, and 11. The pavilions have ashlar balustrades and die pedestals that support urns. The buildings have axial stacks and slate roofs, with cast-iron railings leading to the steps and basement.

Inside, the interiors generally feature good plasterwork on the cornices and ceiling roses, along with a Corinthian column screen in the hall. The staircases have good cast-iron balusters and carved wood newel posts. The northern flank of the terrace is polished ashlar, with windows detailed like those on the main terrace. The wall-head stacks are corniced and flank architraved round-headed dormers. The southern flank is made of stugged ashlar with irregular fenestration, while the rear elevation is also stugged ashlar. Nos 9 and 10 feature tall round-headed dormers and tall axial stacks.

At the rear, a lane is accessed through an arched gateway at the south, linking Crown Circus and Crown Gardens. The piers support a moulded depressed arch with a central console or keystone that holds up an ashlar balustraded parapet with spurstones. The lane is separated from the rear gardens by a low ashlar wall with cast-iron spearhead railings. There are pairs of ashlar gatepiers to the left of No 1 and at the lane entrance, which are tall, square, and corniced. A low ashlar wall separates the carriageway from the main road.