Today, I undertook more exploration of Glasgow's architectural heritage, with focus on Thomson. His buildings are real gems and form "hidden assets" tucked away in the streets of Glasgow. Images are provided below.

2-38 Milbrae Crescent, Langside. 1876-77
Completed after Thomson's death by his partner, Robert Turnbull. Flair and elegance combine the style of rustic villas with the sublime urbanity of the terrace suggest that it was designed by Thomson.



Double Villa, 25 Mansionhouse Road, Langside. 1856-57.
Two semi-detached houses. Instead of the usual butterfly symmetry Thomson took one house plan and rotated it through 180 degrees so that the resulting building has two identical, asymetrical elevations, each both back and front, with one facing east and the other west. Note also that the windows are made entirely separate form the columns in the projecting bays.


Autumn view of Queen's Park

Moray Place, Strathbungo.
A terrace of 10 small houses. All the ground floor windows and doors are evenly spaced and exactly the same size while an unbroken run of 52 square columns on the first floor links the two projecting houses. Thomson lived and died in No 1 Moray Place.






Above information sourced from a booklet 'Glasgow Architectural Guide 1 c 1999.

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