North West Range, Greenhead Works, Greenhead Street, Glasgow

Circa 1840 (McPhail Street), 1872-3 and 1886 link by George Fyfe Boyd. Large industrial building with unusual Classically-detailed domestic tenement treatment to later Greenhead Street elevations on prominent corner site overlooking Glasgow Green. 3 ranges to Greenhead Street comprise 4-storey, 5-bay block to N and tall 3-storey, 3-bay block to S (at corner), both with balustraded wallheads; these flank roofless (2010) single storey, 7-bay link. 3-storey and attic, 14-bay McPhail Street elevation adjoining later 4-storey building at E. Sandstone ashlar ranges (Greenhead Street), channelled at ground, with base course, ground floor cornice and eaves cornice; voussoired semicircular-arched openings to single storey link; pilastered and corniced doorpiece, architraved windows, cornices, consoles, stone mullions and bracketed cills. Polychrome red brick range (McPhail Street) with ashlar base course, brick lintel bands and mutuled eaves cornice; contrasting cream brick dressings, ashlar cills.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: Greenhead Street elevations incorporate symmetrical outer ranges, that to left with centre door, flanked by single windows and outer bipartites, regular fenestration above; range to right with centre window and flanking bipartites at each floor. Single storey range with outer doors (that to right converted from window) flanking single windows. McPhail Street ranges incorporate 3 bays of ashlar range at left with centre door and flanking window, regular fenestration above. Regularly-fenestrated red brick range with vehicular entrance across 2 bays at outer right and semicircular stair tower at rear.

4-pane glazing pattern in replacement windows. Grey slate. Ashlar and polychrome brick stacks