137 Trongate, Glasgow

James Sellars, architect, 1885. 4-storey 3-bay Free

Renaissance warehouse. Polished red ashlar. Ground

floor with unfortunate modern shopfront.

Banded masonry to 1st, wide central tripartite,

shallow-bowed oriel, polished red granite Ionic columns

flank central light. Oriel flanked by single lights. 2nd

has central 3-light canted window, all bays flanked by

pilasters and with pilastered reveals. Galleried 3rd

floor with windows grouped 2-3-2 with engaged pillars

between bays linking columned arcade. 1st floor windows

sash and case with plate-glass glazing, 2-pane casements

to 2nd and 3rd. Cornices over each floor, to 1st

delicate festoon frieze. Eaves cornice and delicate and

fine wrought-iron balustrade to parapet. Die pedestals

flank balustrade, corniced end stacks, slate roofs.