Mercat Building, 17-23 London Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow is a Grade A listed building in the Glasgow City local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 15 December 1970. Gushet building.

Mercat Building, 17-23 London Road, Bridgeton, Glasgow

WRENN ID: lapsed-marble-azure
Grade: A
Local Planning Authority: Glasgow City
Country: Scotland
Date first listed: 15 December 1970
Type: Gushet building
Source: Historic Environment Scotland listing

Description

A Graham Henderson, built 1928-1933. Enormous gushet building, 6 floors, 4 storeys plus double attic. Steel-framed polished ashlar, black granite at ground with shops, contrasting stone-cleaned light-coloured stone above; small-paned metal-framed glazing. At gushet, a giant round-arched deep recess, Ionic-columned screen; some scultpured detail. (Alexander Proudfoot and Archibald Dawson, sculptors) Bays to flank are regular, deep window recesses, giant pilaster strips divide bays at 2nd/3rd floors (bronze panels between floors; main entablature above, full attic storey with metal balconies, slated mansard above.

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