985 Great Western Road, Glasgow

985 Great Western Road is a villa built around 1873, designed in the Thomsonesque style. It features two storeys and an attic, with a single-storey addition to the east side, created by Honeyman and Keppie in 1903, and an extensive two-storey wing at the rear that includes a three-storey tower, which was converted into flats around 1940.

The villa's main elevation facing Great Western Road is made of polished ashlar and has three bays across two storeys. A set of steps leads to a central wide-arched opening that opens into a deeply recessed tripartite doorpiece, adorned with ornate pilasters and shell decoration above the door. The door itself is panelled, featuring upper panels of leaded glass. Surrounding the outer archway is a moulded archivolt, which includes a "green man" mask flanked by shell medallions. To the right of the door is a two-storey five-light bow window, while to the left is a five-light bow window on the ground floor, both with deep eaves and a low cast-iron parapet.

On the first floor, there is a tripartite window with an elaborately carved tympanum beneath a depressed arch, and above this, a gablet rests on large consoles. The villa has sash windows with plate glass glazing, and a moulded band course runs along the first floor cills. The eaves are deeply overhanging and supported by timber brackets, and the roof is covered with slate.

Inside, the attic contains a top-lit billiard room decorated with stencilled designs and stained glass, likely created by Daniel Coltier. The east flank of the villa is made of droved ashlar and includes a single-storey piended block. The west flank is polished ashlar and features two bays, with a three-light bow window on the ground floor and a tripartite window above. There is also a medallion displaying the initials CJ/JC.

At the rear, a lower two-storey wing is separated from Hyndland Road by a high retaining wall. This irregular five-bay section is also made of polished ashlar and includes a gabled entrance bay to the left (11 Hyndland Road) and a three-storey Italianate tower to the right.