134-156 Argyle Street, Glasgow

Horatio K Bromhead, completed 1903. Free classical

warehouse. 6-storeys and canted angle turret. Modern

shops at ground. 13 x 5 bays and single corner bay.

Polished ashlar. Sash and case windows, some altered

to T-pane casements on cill band, graduated recessed

architraves.

Giant order of Corinthian pilasters and semi-engaged

columns rising from 1st to 2nd floors and repeated

above at 3rd and 4th floors, sculpted panels between

floors. modillion cornice at 3rd and 5th floors;

continuous balustrade with panelled, corniced piers.

Corner section: canted bays, balcony at 1st floor,

independent circular balconies at 2nd stylised Venetian

windows with oculi above at 4th and 5th floors;

polygonal turret with balconies, consoled cornice,

balustrade, columned roof lantern.

ELEVATION TO ARGYLE STREET: bays arranged 3-1-3-1-3,

3-bay sections breaking forward; central doorway with

stooping Atlantes carrying curving 1st floor balcony;

independent balconies in 3-bay section of 2nd floor

above; pedimented with stepped balustrade and Venetians

as corner section at 4th and 5th floors.

ELEVATION TO BUCHANAN STREET: N 3-bay section as

outer bays to Argyle Street.