This Is My Glasgow<p>The anthemion at the top of one of the terminal pavilions of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1860s Grecian Chambers on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. While it looks relatively delicate from the front, from the back (see yesterday's photo), it's surprisingly robust.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sculpture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sculpture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anthemion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthemion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sauchiehallstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sauchiehallstreet</span></a></p>
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This Is My Glasgow<p>A side view of one of the Anthemions on the top of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1860s Grecian Chambers on Sauchiehall Street in Glasgow. Is it just me, or does it look rather like a teddy bear dressed as a sunflower? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anthemion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthemion</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>A sea of lotus flower chimney pots on Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1860s extension on the 1850s Lilybank House in the Hillhead area of Glasgow.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/chimneys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chimneys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/lotusflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lotusflower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>One of the paired entrances to Northpark Terrace in the West End of Glasgow. Designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, it was built in 1866.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecturephotography</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/doorway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doorway</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/classicalarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classicalarchitecture</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The Knowe, Albert Drive, Glasgow. This beautiful Romanesque villa was designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson and was constructed as a country house in several stages in the 1850s.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowarchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>This amazing fireplace can be found in the entrance hall of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1850s Holmwood House in Glasgow, the most complete surviving 'Greek' Thomson interior. This includes the surrounding colour scheme and Classical-inspired stencilled wall decorations.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/holmwoodhouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holmwoodhouse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fireplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fireplace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/victorianfireplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victorianfireplace</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cathcart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cathcart</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Holmwood on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in the 1850s for the paper magnate James Couper, this is Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's finest surviving building (at least in my opinion), and it shows a side to his creativeness which is not as obvious in his more numerous townhouses and tenements.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/holmwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holmwood</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/cathcart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cathcart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/victorianarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victorianarchitecture</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>The former Pollokshields West Church on Nithsdale Road in Glasgow. Built in the 1870s and designed by W.G. Rowan, it clearly shows the influence Alexander 'Greek' Thomson had on other Glasgow architects, especially those working in and around Pollokshields and Strathbungo.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pollokshields" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pollokshields</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/strathbungo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>strathbungo</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>Numbers 7 and 8 Moray Place on the Southside of Glasgow. Built in 1859, they were designed by the one and only Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, and they are just pure class.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/classicalarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classicalarchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/morayplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morayplace</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>I love these palmette details on the doors of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's 1856 Caledonia Road Church. I don't know if they're originals that somehow survived the fire which destroyed the rest of the church in 1965, or more recent replicas, but either way, they're a nice little addition to the overall feel of the building.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/caledoniaroadchurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>caledoniaroadchurch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/designdetails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>designdetails</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>I love these bootscrapers outside Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Great Western Terrace in the West End of Glasgow. They just fit so well with the lines of the rest of the building.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ironwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ironwork</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bootscraper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bootscraper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a></p>
This Is My Glasgow<p>I've always wondered what the purpose is of this apparent doorway in the retaining wall of Alexander 'Greek' Thomson's Sixty-Six Steps in the West End of Glasgow.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/alexandergreekthomson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alexandergreekthomson</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/sixtysixsteps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sixtysixsteps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowbuildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glasgowbuildings</span></a></p>
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