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Glasgow, 510 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

Factory (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Glasgow, 510 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

Classification Factory (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Caravanland; Hardgate Road; Lightbulb Factory; Luma Tower; Renfrew Road

Canmore ID 259776

Site Number NS56NW 437

NGR NS 53184 65471

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259776

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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

Architecture Notes

NS56NW 437 53184 65471 (West Section)

NS56NW 56 53234 65434 470 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

NS56NW 433 53224 65441 480 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

NS56NW 434 53211 65450 490 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

NS56NW 435 53201 65458 500 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

NS56NW 436 53193 65467 (East Section) 510 Shieldhall Road, Luma Light Factory

ARCHITECT: Cornelius Armour, 1938.

Swedish Luma factory, later Caravanland, Shieldhall Industrial Estate, facing main road SW out of Glasgow. Art Deco building originally commissioned to coincide with Empire Exhibition as Glasgow HQ of the first international co-operatve factory for electric lamp manufacture. Erected by SCWS as three-storey flatted factory, with projecting staircase tower (25 metres) breaking through roofline, capped by bulbous glazed 'conning tower'. Originally brick-fronted, later rendered. Converted 1995-6 to 43, two- and three-apartment flats by Cornelius McClymont Architects. Twelve three apartment new built flats at rear in 1930s four-in-a-block style. Total cost: 4m. Winner of Saltire Award, 1997, Regeneration Design Award, 1998.

C McKean 1987; H R Rutherford 1998; RIAS 1998

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