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Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow | MyTravelGuide.com This curved block of mansion flats is the city's best-known tenement block. The steep Mansard roof (attic storey) gives it a distinctly French elegance. John James Burnet designed the building in 1889 and it is possibly the greatest of his works. The tall tower in the middle has its own balcony and ... mytravelguide.com
Images: Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow The first and grandest red sandstone tenement in the city, Charing Cross Mansions was built for Robert Simpson & Son, Warehousemen, 1889-91, and was a modified version of JJ Burnet's French Renaissance-style entry in the City Cham... glasgowsculpture.com
TheGlasgowStory: Charing Cross Edwin Law's view of Charing Cross looking east along Sauchiehall Street, showing (on the left) the Grand Hotel. The distinctive Charing Cross Mansions (1889-1891) by J J Burnet of the architects Burnet, Son & Campbell are in the distance, on the far side of the cross. The design of this ornate block... theglasgowstory.com
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