Hostel, 6 Park Circus Place, Glasgow

13 Park Circus Place in Glasgow is an impressive building designed by architect Charles Wilson, constructed between 1872 and 1873, although the design dates back to 1855-1856. The structure consists of two ranges of terraced houses that step down the slope, each featuring three bays and shallow advanced terminal pavilions. The building stands three storeys tall, with attics and a basement, and is constructed of polished ashlar stone, which is channelled at the ground level. The ground floor openings are adorned with flat voussoirs.

Wide flights of steps lead down to tripartite doorpieces, some of which have acid-etched sidelights and door panels. The ground floor windows feature ogee moulding, while all upper windows are framed with architraves. The first floor is corniced, with a mutule cornice at the pavilions and at Nos 2-8, and the sash windows have plate-glass glazing. A band or string course runs along the cills of the first and second floors, topped with a modillion cornice, a blocking course, and a deep plain parapet at the pavilions. Round-headed dormers are present, along with axial stacks; at No 1, wallhead stacks flank a short round-headed arcade, while at No 8, two stacks flank a balustrade, and at No 17, stacks flank a pair of elaborately moulded segmental-headed dormers. The property features good cast-iron railings to the basement and steps.

The north range, which faces Lynedoch Place (No 17), has a canted central bay window on the ground and first floors topped with a modillion cornice. The south range, also facing Lynedoch Place (No 8), features a two-storey canted oriel window that is corbelled from the ground.

The interiors boast good cast-iron balustrades on the stairs, featuring a lion and thistle pattern, along with Corinthian column screens and elaborate ceiling plasterwork. Notably, the doors at Nos 9 and 13 (McBrayne Hall) have been converted into windows, and the steps have been removed. Additionally, Nos 7 and 9 have billiard room extensions at the rear, facing Park Circus Lane. No 7 is two storeys high, built of droved ashlar with polished ashlar margins, featuring a first-floor pediment with ball finials, a mullioned window, an oculus, and an eaves cornice. No 9, designed by J A Campbell in 1887, is also two storeys tall and constructed of polished ashlar, featuring a cantilevered canted bay window on the first floor and a small oculus to the left. The ground floor windows are chamfered, and both properties have cast-iron ventilators and flat roofs with balustraded parapets.