Anchor Building, 12, 14, 16 St Vincent Place, Glasgow

James Miller, 1906-7. Edwardian Renaissance detail, 7-storey

and basement, 7-bay commercial building. Elaborate Carrara

wear, faience facade; brick side and rear. Round-arched

doorway at centre with masque keystone, putti in spandrels

and Ionic columned, segmental porch; large rusticated windows

flanking with Mercury-masque keystones; corniced Ionic porch

in each outer bay with cartouche above. Consoled balcony to

2nd floor with gilded shields; 3 centre bays at 2nd floor

(framed) with channelled pilasters and forming plinth for

tripartite recess of 3rd, 4th and 5th floors, divided by

giant order Ionic columns; dentil cornice; balustraded eaves

gallery with 3 column-framed openings to centre 6th floor

windows. Simplified outer bays.

ANCHOR LANE ELEVATION: 6 irregularly spaced bays, with faience

facing to outer left bay including moulded panel of windows.

Large multi-pane metal-framed windows in remaining bays with

dividing brick bands.

CITIZEN LANE (REAR) ELEVATION: irregular openings with large

windows detailed as Anchor Lane elevation.

Small-pane sash and case windows. Decorative wrought-iron

2-leaf gates and overthrow to main entrance, and railings to

basement recess.

INTERIOR: No 12: entrance hall with fine oak woodwork including

wainscot panelling, and segmental panel with fluted Ionic

columns and cartouches surrounding marble chimneypiece;

exuberant 18th century style plasterwork with wreaths,

modillions and swagged fruit. Interiors of W offices modernised.