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Glasgow, 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Balmory

Villa (19th Century)

Site Name Glasgow, 21 Sherbrooke Avenue, Balmory

Classification Villa (19th Century)

Canmore ID 172429

Site Number NS56SE 1130

NGR NS 56157 63280

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Sherbrooke Avenue

Sherbrooke House, No 17, c.1892. Among the biggest of the Pollokshields Scots Baronial villas. Its square central red sandstone tower is topped by a steep iron-crested French roof. Balmory, No 21, c.1893, W J Anderson. Arts & Crafts villa in red ashlar-dressed whinstone, with a large round corner tower. Matheran, Nos 27-29, 1903, Burnet, Boston & Carruthers. Large Scots Baronial bay-windowed villa with corbelling and a corner tower. Built for Hugh Dunsmuir, it is now the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy. Decorative plaster above fireplace in open hall complete with a balcony, oak panelling and leaded glass panels.

Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk

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