Rowan House, 66, 68, 70, 72 Buchanan Street, Glasgow

Originally circa 1830, 4-storey 6-bay commercial building,

raised to 5-storey and attic, circa 1880, and alterations to

ground floor and central pair of 1st floor bays, circa

1. Ashlar, with stone facing at ground and painted

masonry sides.

BUCHANAN STREET ELEVATION: 6-bay. Architraved windows,

1st floor pedimented, 2nd corniced, 3rd with corbelled

cills. 3 tripartite windows in later 4th floor, with

pilaster jambs and panelled pilaster flanking each pair of

bays, above original main cornice and with lighter

moulded cornice at eaves. Cast-iron parapet flanking

segmental-headed tripartite dormer to centre bay,

pedimented dies; French pavilion roof at centre.

N SIDE ELEVATION: 8-bays; 2-4-2, painted from 3rd bay E.

4 centre windows plain, those of flanking advanced bays

detailed as Buchanan Street elevation, some blind; 5th

floor with 7 windows at centre, flanked by 2 to advanced

end bays.

Sash and case windows with margin glazing to lower

sashes; similar margin glazing pattern to casement

windows of 5th floor. Slated pitch and platform roof.