2 Kensington Road, Glasgow

David Barclay of H & D Barclay, architect; 1900-01. Terrace

of 2-bay houses, No 8, 3-bay. 2 storeys, attic and basement.

Polished red ashlar, stugged at basement. To left, steps

oversailing basement to double-leaf panelled door with oculus

fanlight and glazed sidelights, set in tripartite doorpieces

with polished granite dwarf pilasters and colonnettes

supporting heavy cornice arching over oculus, with bold

keystone. To right (and left at No 8) 5-light bow window

rises from basement to 3-light bow dormer with conical slate

roof. Bipartite window above doorpiece. Sash windows plate

glass glazing. Most upper sashes with decorative leaded

panes. Band course at eaves. Timber brackets support widely

overhanging eaves. Alternately bow or bipartite dormers.

Pitched and platformed slate roofs. Ceramic cresting and

skews. Corniced axial stacks.

Solid ashlar parapet to steps, low ashlar boundary wall to

gardens. Stugged ashlar rear elevation