71, 73, 75, 77, 79 Renfield Street, Glasgow

71, 73, 75, 77, 79 Renfield Street in Glasgow is a commercial building designed by Alfred Waterhouse between 1888 and 1889, showcasing Flemish Renaissance architecture. This four-storey structure, which includes an attic and basement, is situated on a corner and features modern shops on the ground floor. The facade consists of five unequal bays, with an angled corner bay, and is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and a plinth.

Architectural details include a cornice at the ground floor, a cill band at the first floor, a corbelled cill band at the second floor, and a plain entablature. The third floor has a corbelled cill band and a bracketed eaves cornice. The dormers are crowstepped gabled and pedimented, topped with finials. The windows are sash and case, featuring three, two, and single lights with stone mullions and transoms.

The angled bay has a shallow arched entrance at the ground floor and a deep bracketed balcony with cast-iron balusters above. The second and third floors are flanked by outer pilaster strips that support elaborately corbelled circular tourelles with pepper pot roofs, which enhance the crowstepped gable.

The elevation facing Renfield Street has a pierced eaves parapet and a four-light crowstepped dormer, which is repeated in two western bays that face West Regent Street. The elevation on West Regent Street consists of five bays, with the two western bays featuring three cross windows above arched ground floor windows and a deep bracketed balcony at the first floor. The decorative elements of the main elevation continue for one bay into the northwest return at Bath Lane.

Inside, De Quincey's Public House features a polychromatic tiled interior, complete with a chimneypiece and an arched column screen. There is also a wall plaque in the first floor north bay that commemorates the residence of Thomas de Quincey.