Glasgow’s Gushet Buildings Print (Mounted Size 10 inch by 12 inch)

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Glasgow’s Gushet Buildings

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This print consists of twelve of Glasgow’s best loved Gushet Buildings brought together in a single collage. The print itself is 7.25 inches by 9 inches (18.5 cm by 23cm), and it comes mounted in white 1.5 inch (3.5cm) mount with a total size of 10 inches by 12 inches (25.5 cm by 30.5cm). This print is signed by Colin M. Drysdale, the photographer, on the bottom right hand corner.

A key part of the city’s traditional architecture, a gushet building is one constructed on a narrow strip of land formed when two roads meet at an angle of less than ninety degrees.

Top Row (left to right):

1. Former Clydesdale Bank Building, Parkhead Cross, Glasgow. Date: 1902. Architects: Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
2. Charing Cross Mansions, Charing Cross, Glasgow. Date: 1891. Architect: John James Burnet.
3. Former Royal Bank of Scotland, Parkhead Cross, Glasgow. Date: 1905. Architect: John C. MacKellar.
4. The Saint Andrews Cross Building at Eglinton Toll, Glasgow. Date: 1878. Architect: Unknown.

Middle Row (Left to Right):

5. The Mercat Building, Glasgow Cross, Glasgow. Date: 1928. Architect: A. Graham Henderson.
6. Unnamed tenement at the junction between Argyle Street and Minerva Street, Finnieston, Glasgow. Date: Around 1856. Architect: Unk own, but thought to be Alexander Kirkland.
7. Unnamed tenement on the corner of Langside Avenue and Camphill Avenue, Glasgow. Date: 1903. Architect: Unknown.
8. Unnamed tenement on the corner of Hunter Street and Duke Street, Dennistoun, Glasgow. Date: 1897. Architect: John Cunningham.

Bottom Row (Left to Right):

9. The Potted Heid Bank at the junction between Govan Road and Broomloan Road, Govan, Glasgow. Date: 1906. Architect: Eric A. Sutherland.
10. Glasgow Savings Bank at the junction between New City Road and Shamrock Street, Glasgow. Date: 1909. Architect: Neil C. Duff.
11. The former Ogg Brothers Department Store, Paisley Road Toll, Glasgow. Date: 1885. Architect: Bruce and Hay.
12. Crossmyloof Mansions, Shawlands Cross, Glasgow. Date: Late 19th Century Architect: Unknown.