23-25 Montrose Street, Glasgow

A B MacDonald, City Engineer, 1895-7. Former Sanitary

Chambers in cluttered Mannerist style, 3-storey with

4-storey tower feature at angle, office building.

Polished ashlar raised on polished pink granite

basecourse alternating with granite balustrades at

recessed bays, vermicular rustication to ground. Ground

floor windows round arched with Gibbsian surrounds, to

upper floors aedicular with blocked columns or

pilasters, pedimented to 1st.

MONTROSE STREET ELEVATION: 5-bay with end and centre

bays shallow advanced, extreme left bay is tower

feature. Central porch with polished pink granite Doric

columns. Round arched porch doorway with Gibbsian

detail, double leaf panelled doors. Above door canted

window to 1st, 3 windows to 2nd. Tower feature to left,

4-storey advanced with pedimented Venetian windows to

1st and 2nd. 3rd windows tripartite with pilastered

reveals. Parapet with raised die pedestals at angles.

To far right, advanced bay with pend to ground, venetian

windows above.

COCHRANE STREET ELEVATION: long plainer elevation. End

bays advanced, central bays with consoled balustraded

balcony to 1st, other 1st floor windows with balustraded

aprons.

All windows sash and case with 2-pane lower, single pane

upper sashes. Eaves cornice, deep plain parapet. Over

centre bay of Montrose Street elevation, pediment with

urn finials and statue of Hygeia at apex.