239 St Vincent Street, Glasgow

This is a symmetrical block of terraced classical houses built around 1825, located between Blythswood Street and Douglas Street in Glasgow. Number 233 was extended in 1896 with a three-storey addition to the rear designed by John Honeyman and Keppie, which was demolished in 1989. The properties at 231 and 233 have been redeveloped behind their original facades. The buildings are two and three storeys tall with a basement, constructed of ashlar stone, while number 239 is stuccoed. The ground floor features rusticated stone with voussoired window lintels, and the basement has droved ashlar.

The central and end houses are three storeys high, while the remaining houses are two storeys, except for an additional storey added to number 223. Each house has three bays, with entrances at the heads of steps that oversail the basement area. The entrances are adorned with Roman Doric columned porticos, which are paired except at the east end. Numbers 225 and 227 have been altered to feature double entries with Gibbs surround architraves and a continuous cornice. There is a double entry pilastered doorpiece at the west house, and the front door of number 233, designed by John Honeyman and Keppie, dates from 1896. The first-floor architraves and cornices include apron panels, with consoled cornices on the three-storey blocks, which also feature a pedimented central window at the first floor. The eaves cornice has a mutule on the three-storey blocks, along with a blocking course.

On the Blythswood Street elevation, there are five bays in the original section, with the second bay from the north being blank except in the basement. This elevation maintains the same detailing as the St Vincent Street side. There are four later bays to the left that respect the floor levels and masonry finishes, but feature bipartite and canted windows in the outer bays, along with a mansard roof.

The Douglas Street elevation consists of three bays that continue the detailing of the main elevation.

The interiors include cast iron staircase balusters. Number 233 contains some decorative interior fittings by John Honeyman and Keppie from 1896, which include doors, decorative woodwork panelling, roof trusses, and a plaster-cast frieze of part of the Elgin marbles. These features were retained but relocated during the 1989 renovations carried out by Mackintosh Architecture. In 1989, number 229 was redeveloped behind its facade, reusing the 1896 John Honeyman and Keppie roof trusses from number 233 in the new rear building at this address.