52 Speirs Wharf, Wheatsheaf Building Glasgow, Scotland
Listed Building Data
52 Speirs Wharf, Wheatsheaf Building has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 390806 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 44112
- Canmore ID
- 172924
- Category
- C
- Name
- 52 Speirs Wharf, Wheatsheaf Building
- Parish
- Glasgow
- County
- Glasgow, City Of
- Easting
- 258869
- Northing
- 666897
- Date Listed
- 25 April 1997
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
1866, converted by Windex, 1987. 5-storey warehouse with modern mansard attic, originally serving sugar refinery, now offices. Sandstone regularly squared and coursed to principal elevations, squared and snecked to rear. Segmental arches to windows and hoist doors, base course and eaves cornice. S ELEVATION: 8-bay. Carriage door in bay to right of centre and lower pedestrian door to outer left, tall narrow windows in remaining bays at ground; regular fenestration above (smaller windows). N ELEVATION: 3 regularly fenestrated bays to centre and right, blank to outer right, modern brick stair tower projecting to outer left. W ELEVATION: 3-bay. Tall ?shop? windows spanning ground, regular fenestration above with glazed hoist doors to centre bays and platform to modern attic hoist door. E ELEVATION: abutted by higher ground, 3-bay. Door to ground level (1st floor), hoist doors above in centre bay. Blank bay to left except blocked window to top floor, blocked windows to each floor of outer right bay. Timber small-pane casement windows. Lead/zinc coping to blocking course. Grey slate attic with Velux lights. Setted forecourt. Iron railings bounding complex to S and E. INTERIOR: not seen 1996.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Part of the wider re-development of Speirs Wharf.
