The Grant Arms, 186, 188 Argyle Street, Glasgow

The Grant Arms is a four-storey and attic tenement located at 186-188 Argyle Street in Glasgow, originally built in the early 19th century and later remodelled in 1908 by J H Craigie of Clarke and Bell in the Art Nouveau style. The building features a three-bay façade with rendered stone and applied timber dressings.

On the first and second floors, there are canted bays adorned with decorative glazing bars, consisting of eight panes in the upper sash and two panes in the lower sash. These bays are separated by a continuous solid balcony supported by scrolled consoles with ball finials. The second floor has a bold cornice, and the individual solid balconies are connected by string courses, featuring elaborately carved crests on the third floor.

The third floor includes four-light windows with timber mullions and transoms, as well as moulded lintels. The arrangement of the third floor and attic bays is in a 2-1 configuration, with bold cornices at the third floor level. The dormers on this level are either segmental or triangular pedimented, and the attic features curvilinear pierced, swept parapets. A corniced wallhead stack completes the structure.