Russell Memorial Hall, The Glebe, Bothwell

Circa 1906 with later alterations and additions to side and rear. Originally L-plan gabled and buttressed hall with pointed-arched bold flowing loop details to windows and timber cupola; short arm set back to right (S). Stugged and snecked red sandstone with polished ashlar dressings. Base course; cill course; ashlar band course; raised and stepped, coped title block with carved "RUSSELL MEMORIAL HALL" forming pediment base; empty 2-centred arched niche with hood mould to gablehead; stepped block to gable skews at apex. Chamfered surrounds to windows; pointed-arched hood-moulds; long and short quoins at rear.

W (PRINCIPAL) ELEVATION: single bay with lean-to addition to right (S). Pointed-arched loop traceried window to centre, flanked by buttresses, set back from angles. Window set to left of centre in lean-to.

S (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: irregular 10-bay, grouped 6-2-2. 6-bay lean-to addition to re-entrant angle of L: modern door in bay to right; 5 windows, regularly disposed in remaining bays to left. Advanced, 2-bay short arm of L: pointed-arched loop traceried window in each bay, flanked and divided by 3 aproned buttresses; blank gablehead, slightly recessed, as at front, above. 2-bay addition, with gabled bay offset to right to outer right (E end): timber panelled door in chamfered and quoined surround in bay to left; bipartite window beneath gable in bay to right.

N (SIDE) ELEVATION: 5-bay with gabled addition to outer left (E end). 3-light point-arched window with segmental-arched moulded surround in each bay; aproned buttress between each bay. 2 blocked openings, evenly disposed to gabled addition.

E (REAR) ELEVATION: 3-sided projection with polygonal roof to right of centre; bipartites to each side. Brick pitch-roof addition, with further lean-to addition set to left of centre; tall rendered stack to outer left.

Various glazing patterns to include some leaded stained glass to S; aluminium casements to additions. Grey slate roof; modern roofing material to additions; coped skews; cast-iron rainwater goods with broad crenellated hoppers.

INTERIOR: not seen 2000.

GATEPIERS AND BOUNDARY WALLS: replaced square-plan sandstone piers with chamfered square caps; low stugged sandstone walls with ridged ashlar cope; simple cast-iron railings with regularly disposed trefoil motifs.