2013

NS5964 : City Improvement Trust tenements at Trongate

taken 10 years ago, near to Royston, Glasgow, Scotland

City Improvement Trust tenements at Trongate
City Improvement Trust tenements at Trongate
Crow steps and a well work Glasgow Coat of Arms on the Trongate side of the building.
City Improvement Trust tenements at Trongate

A finely detailed Category B Listed building LinkExternal link at the corner of Argyle Street and King Street in Flemish Baronial style. Dating from 1895, by architect A B MacDonald.

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.

Other nearby examples of the trust's properties Link can be found opposite on Trongate and at High Street and Saltmarket.

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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Thomas Nugent   (more nearby)
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Monday, 7 October, 2013   (more nearby)
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Monday, 14 October, 2013
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OSGB36: geotagged! NS 5951 6492 [10m precision]
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