202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

James Thomson (Baird and Thomson), 1902. Free classical

commercial building on corner site; 4 storeys, double and

single attic with modern shops at ground floor. 9 x 12

unequal bays. Ground floor cornice with cast-iron fretwork

balustrade to 1st floor windows. All windows sash and case.

1st floor glazed pilastrade with carved friezes to columns.

1st floor projecting entablature supporting 2 storeys of

tripartite columned or pilastered window with carved heads;

boldly projecting eaves modillion cornice supporting pierced

parapet in 5 sections between double-storey attic windows

latter with pilastered tripartite windows with balustrade and

individual bell-cast roofs and finials breaking through attic

cornice. Single storey dormers; tripartite with outer

pilasters and inner Solomonic columns to Sauchiehall Street,

composite columns to Cambridge Street; shaped pediments.

Truncated pyramidal angle roofs. Pend in northmost bay to

Cambridge Street with cast-iron gates.