The Grant Arms, 186, 188 Argyle Street, Glasgow

J H Craigie (Clarke and Bell), 1908. Art Nouveau

remodelling of early 19th century tenement. 4-storey and

attic, 3-bay tenement with altered public house at

ground floor. Rendered stone with applied timber

dressings. 1st and 2nd floors: canted bays with

decorative glazing bars, 8 panes upper sash, 2 panes

lower; divided by continuous solid balcony on scrolled

consoles with ball finials. Bold 2nd floor cornice;

individual solid balconies linked by string courses,

with elaborately carved crests to 3rd floor. 4-light

windows with timber mullions and transomes and moulded

lintels to 3rd floor. 3rd floor and attic bays arranged

2-1; bold cornices at 3rd floor; segmental and

triangular pedimented, 3-light dormers and curvilinear

pierced, swept parapet in attic. Corniced wallhead

stack.