2013

NS5964 : Commonwealth House

taken 11 years ago, near to Royston, Glasgow, Scotland

This is 1 of 5 images, with title Commonwealth House in this square
Commonwealth House
Commonwealth House
The Albion Street side of the building is home to the offices of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

The imposing ornate red sandstone building was built by the City Improvement Trust and has façades on Trongate. Albion Street and Bell Street. It is Category B Listed LinkExternal link .
City Improvement Trust

The City Improvement Trust was a body which was set up to improve the squalid living conditions that existed in many parts of Glasgow in the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Visits to Paris by the trustees influenced the adoption of the traditional tenement house style (typical of Baron Haussman LinkExternal link ) to rehouse many thousands of Glaswegians.


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NS5964, 1953 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 7 October, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 15 October, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 5959 6497 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:51.4446N 4:14.6873W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 5958 6497
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East-southeast (about 112 degrees)
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