4 Prince's Gardens, Glasgow

Circa 1891-3. Astylar terraced crescent built on sloping

site; 2 storeys, attic and basement. Bays arranged

4-12-6-10-4; 2-bay houses with 6-bay central and 4-bay

terminal 3-storey pavilions. Polished red sandstone, stugged

at basement.

Main terrace steps oversailing basement to wide double-leaf

panelled doors with glazed fanlight. Single-light window

above door. Full-height 5-light bow window rises from

basement, corniced over ground, to 3-light bowed dormer. Sash

or casement windows, upper pane often with leaded/coloured

glass. Band course at 1st floor cills, widely overhanging

eaves with wood brackets. Red tile ridge and finials to

dormers. Corniced axial stacks, octagonal cans. Bowed and

piended dormers with overhanging eaves. Skews at party wall.

Central pavilion (Nos 8 and 9) 6-bay, 3-storey.

Terminal bays with full-height bow windows; doorpieces

detailed as above; all windows single-light. String courses

at 1st and 2nd floor cills; bracketted cornice. 4-bay

terminal pavilions full-height bow window to end bay; heavy

cornice over 1st.

Polished ashlar flanks to E and W. Rear elevation stugged red

ashlar. Mainly bipartite windows. Each house with projecting

single storey and basement addition to rear, slate roofs.

Low square ashlar gatepiers and intermediate piers linked by

cast-iron railings. Low ashlar wall to carriageway.