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Glasgow, 35 Tureen Street, Tureen Street School

School (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 35 Tureen Street, Tureen Street School

Classification School (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Elcho Street

Canmore ID 166703

Site Number NS66SW 395

NGR NS 60482 64649

NGR Description Centred on NS 60482 64649

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Architecture Notes

Architect: John Honeyman, 1875

Site Management (1 June 2004)

3 School blocks, each of stone-cleaned yellow ashlar; all renovated 1974 (dated) Block to N by John Honeyman, 1875-6 (1875 datestone) (cost '7,375); 3 storeys, symmetrical 5-bay front (entrances in recessed ranges either side), channelled at ground with segmental-arched openings, architraved windows above, consoled hoods at 1st floor, segmental pediment central; horizontal bands and cornice. Centre block J J Craig, 1884-6, slightly simplified version of Honeyman's block, 2 storeys with later attic storey above main entablature, outer windows linked by parapet. Block to S, by J L Cowan, 1902, is on corner with Millroad Street; 2 storeys with deep wall area between floors, blocked architraves at ground, unmargined upper windows set between cill band and deep entablature to Millroad Street, in end wall to Tureen Street a Diocletian window at 1st floor below gabled head. Glazing throughout mostly original; slate roofs with rooflights; low walls with gatepiers link blocks. (Historic Scotland)

Activities

Photographic Survey (August 2017)

Five disused Glasgow and Govan School Board buildings currently featured on the Buildings At Risk Register for Scotland have been photographed as a general record upgrade. Sites visited consist

of Haghill, Tureen Street and St James all of Glasgow School Board, along with Greenfield and Hill's Trust by Govan School Board. All surveys were external with the exception of Greenfield where the central hall was also photographed.

Visited by HES Survey & Recording (ZB & IF) August 2017.

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