Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

147-149 (ODD NOS) NEWLANDS ROAD, WEIR PUMPS LTD CATHCART WORKS, OFFICES AND AMENITY BUILDINGLB33947

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
B
Date Added
17/06/1992
Supplementary Information Updated
12/05/2020
Local Authority
Glasgow
Planning Authority
Glasgow
Burgh
Glasgow
NGR
NS 58137 60674
Coordinates
258137, 660674

Description

Pair of large, near identical ranges fronting Newlands Road with the entrance in recessed narrow link. The west range built 1912 to a design purchased from Albert Kahn's Trussed Concrete Steel Co (USA): steel-framed, with concrete, multi-paned glazed infil panels, horizontal courses with classical mouldings. It is 4-storeys, with a set back 5th storey added by James Miller, 1928-9.

Externally identical (minus 5th storey) east range built 1949-51. Facade only listed, as forms group with west range and amenity building.

Wrought-iron gates with Art Nouveau ornament.

Assymetrical Amenity Block to east built 1937 by Wylie, Shanks and Wylie Architects. White-rendered with streamlining.

Statement of Special Interest

Kahn's range design was previously used for the Packhard Automoblile Co. Number 10 factory in Detroit.

All buildings in the works not specifically mentioned in the list description are excluded from the listing. The firm of G & J Weir built the Holm Foundry, primarily to construct a range of marine auxiliary machinery, including the world famous Weir boiler feed pump. During the First World War the company made more aircraft than any other Scottish firm. The innovative attitudes of the company are reflected in the quality of the listed buildings. The Social and Welfare Building contained facilities for education, recreation and relaxation, including a rest room and a canteen, plus a lounge, library, cinema and gymnasium.

Listed building updated in 2020 to correct spelling of Miller and references added.

References

Bibliography

Printed Sources

Hume, J R. (1974) The industrial archaeology of Glasgow. p.281.

Small, S. (2008) Greater Glasgow: an illustrated architectural guide.

Online Sources

Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Holm Foundry Administration Building and Amenity Building at http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/building_full.php?id=211082 (accessed 12/05/2020).

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

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