the big arch on Glasgow Green

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the big arch on Glasgow Green

Postby martin » Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:17 pm

You know the one - it's just opposite the Courts on the Saltmarket. What's it actually called? I'd always been told it was the Arc de Triomphe, being based on the rather more famous Parisian version, but my girlfriend thinks I'm nuts.

Feel free to prove her right..
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Postby cumbo » Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:48 pm

THe arch that stands in front of the High Court was part of the doorway to the Glasgow assembly rooms, they were in the site of the old G.P.O. building that stands in George Sq.Not sure what date it was moved there
I think The present building was built 1890ish.
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Postby crusty_bint » Wed Apr 28, 2004 2:13 pm

One of Glasgow's many travesties was the demolition of Robert and James Adams Assembly Rooms on Ingram St. As cumbo said, the arch is actually the entrance portico and all that remains of the building.

It was moved by Bailie James McLennan at his own expense to a site at the east end of London Rd, then to Montieth Row before finding it's latest home facing the High Court.

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Postby Ronnie » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:50 pm

crusty_bint wrote:One of Glasgow's many travesties was the demolition of Robert and James Adams Assembly Rooms on Ingram St. As cumbo said, the arch is actually the entrance portico and all that remains of the building.

It was moved by Bailie James McLennan at his own expense to a site at the east end of London Rd, then to Montieth Row before finding it's latest home facing the High Court.

Glasgow Assembly Rooms
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McLennan Arch
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Are these two images actually of the same structure?
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Postby Sydney Rosewater » Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:59 pm

The lower image is of the removed middle section of the building in the older image.
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Postby Sydney Rosewater » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:01 pm

Right enough, even at that, they dae look a bit different, sorry.
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Postby Ronnie » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:05 pm

Sydney Rosewater wrote:Right enough, even at that, they dae look a bit different, sorry.


A *bit* different? Like the columns become pilasters and the ground floor masonry loses the channelling? I think the lower one was designed by the least known of the Adams, Sweet F*nny ::):
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Postby Schiehallion » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:35 am

The arch was not the original doorway of the Assembly Rooms. You cannot see the arch very well in Crusty's illustration because it was actually the middle window and therefore part of the facade set back between and behind the pillars.
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Postby crusty_bint » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:18 pm

Ok, maybe I've confused the situation by showing a pic of the back of the arch which would have been added anew when it was salvaged and re-erected.

The front of the assembly Rooms:
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The McLennan Arch: (image courtesy of http://www.glasgowguide.org)
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You're slipping Ronnie old boy... took you two years to notice that :wink:
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Postby Pripyat » Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:30 pm

Interesting article. Always wondered if it had just
been placed there from somewhere else, cheers :)
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Postby GlasWeb » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:52 pm

To paraphrase Crocodile.........

That's not an Arch......... This is an Arch!

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Postby Vladimir » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:52 pm

Pity it was build by such a big headed dictator ::):
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Postby Monument » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:10 pm

...and is in the middle of a six lane roundabout
A vagabond on the way.
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Postby Ally Doll » Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:51 pm

Aw, but I like that you can climb up inside it and look out over Paris...
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Postby Vladimir » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:59 pm

...and is in the middle of a six lane roundabout


Why not use the underpass :wink: Maybe one of these could be arranged to span the M8 at Kinning Park. THAT would be impressive 8O
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