1 Kirklee Gardens, Glasgow

1 Kirklee Gardens in Glasgow is a building designed by architect James Thomson between 1877 and 1878. It is a truncated astylar terrace consisting of five bay houses, featuring a pavilion at the southern end. The structure has two storeys, attics, and a basement, constructed from polished ashlar stone, which is channelled at the ground level.

The pavilion, which includes Nos 1 and 2, is slightly taller and has rusticated quoins at the first floor. The entrance features steps that oversail the basement, leading to tripartite doorpieces with glazed sidelights. These doorpieces have roll-moulded reveals with rounded angles, double-leaf panelled storm doors, and a vestibule door topped with a glazed fanlight. The windows throughout are single light, with architraves at the first floor and recessed apron panels, fitted with plate glass sashes. Nos 3 to 7 have a band course above the ground floor, moulded eaves strings, an eaves cornice, and a blocking course.

The pavilion has consoled cornices over the windows in the outer bays, while the inner three bays feature carved decorative friezes, consoled segmental pediments, and a solid ashlar balcony supported by stone brackets. There is a continuous cornice above the ground floor, a moulded cill band at the first floor, a string course at the eaves, and a modillion cornice with a disc frieze. The dormers are topped with broken pediments and linked by a die balustrade, which is partly missing.

The flank of No 1 is three bays wide and detailed similarly to the main terrace, with architraved and corniced windows on the first floor. It has a solid parapet over the eaves. The rear elevation is made of droved ashlar, primarily featuring single light windows with plate glass sashes, hipped dormers, and tall corniced axial stacks with octagonal cans.

The rear gardens are divided by either droved ashlar walls or cast-iron railings. The front steps are adorned with good cast-iron railings, and there are a pair of corniced ashlar gatepiers at the carriageway, which support cast-iron lamp brackets facing east.