105, 107 Bothwell Street, Glasgow

This is a 7-story, steel-framed commercial building constructed in 1927 by E G Wylie (Wright and Wylie), with sculpture by Archibald Dawson. It occupies an entire block at 81-91 Bothwell Street, Glasgow, featuring an inverted U-plan. The building is faced with Blaxter stone, with v-channelled detailing to the ground floor and quoin strips. A polished granite plinth rises to shop front pilasters at the return elevations, and the rear elevation incorporates glazed brick diapered between floors. Bronze shop fronts and exterior details incorporate a Greek-key frieze.

The ground floor cornice acts as a stylobate, and regularly spaced sculpted panels representing Industry, Prudence, Thrift, and Courage are integrated into the façade. The shop fronts are architraved and corniced. A triple-arched entrance has sculpted soffits, and a mezzanine floor features plain windows. All windows are metal framed with geometric glazing bars. A solid balcony with a central sculpted coat of arms, supported on coupled sculpted consoles, is positioned above the main entrance. A giant order of stylish Corinthian pilastrade rises from the first to fourth floors, featuring metal friezes between floors, a dentil band, and a projecting cornice with acroters. The outer bays above the ground floor have two-story aedicule windows, consoled and corniced, flanked by plain single lights. A carved head sits between floors, and a solid panelled balcony is supported on consoles on the first floor. Plain windows are found above the fifth floor, topped by a plain entablature. Recessed glazing defines the eaves gallery, punctuated by projecting sculpted panels between paired escutcheons at the angles, a main detail band, and a modillion cornice.

The elevation to Blythswood Street follows the hill’s slope and features pilastered ground floor windows with a continuous cornice, and independent windows in the outer bays. A stepped, pedimented, keyblocked entrance leads to No 80 Blythswood Street. The giant pilastrade extends from the first to fourth floors, mirroring the Bothwell Street elevation, with plain recessed margin windows in the outer bays.

The west return elevation to Campbell Street repeats the Blythswood Street elevation.

Three return bays on Bothwell Lane display single-lights within recessed areas.

The interior vestibule features bronze folding gates, shell-headed niches to the left and right of the entry, a fretwork soffit, three bronze entrance doors with friezes depicting "Scottish Legal Building”, shallow entrance hall pilasters with polychromatic capitals, a bronze lift with wrought-iron enclosures, and wrought-iron railings and bronze handrails.