Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
Doorcase Group
Region ID | GW | |
Work ID | 198 | |
Manual Reference | CE/045/1 | |
Title | Doorcase Group | |
Sculptor | Frampton, George James | |
Carver | Shirreffs, William | |
Architect | Burnet, John James | |
Architect | Burnet, Son & Campbell | |
Date of design | 1894-99 | |
Year of unveiling | c.1899 | |
Unveiling details | ||
Road | Ingram Street | |
Precise Location | 177 Ingram Street, on north façade, above entrance to Trustees Savings Bank | |
A to Z Ref | 36 K17 | |
OS Ref | ||
Postcode | G1 | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | I | |
Duty of Care | Trustees Saving Bank | |
Commissioned by | The Glasgow Savings Bank | |
Notes | ||
Standing, draped figure of St. Mungo in an aedicule flanked by twisted columns, over an escutcheon bearing the Arms of Glasgow enclosed by an open topped segmental pediment supported by two crouching atlantes over Corinthian columns. In the tympanum flanking St. Mungo are two reliefs of standing, draped female figures with attributes representing the Textile Industry (spinning wheel and hank of yarn) and Agriculture (baskets of produce) | ||
The building was erected as a banking hall for the Glasgow Savings Bank and is part of a larger scheme of alterations and additions to the bank's original premises at 99 Glassford Street (designed by John Burnet in 1866) | ||
circa | c. | |
raw year | 1899 | |
Condition | Good | |
At risk | Not at risk | |
Inscriptions | In gilded Roman lettering on Coat of Arms: LET GLASGOW FLOURISH | |
Signatures | ||
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Sculpture | Blond sandstone | |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Corrosion, Deterioration | Sculpture is weatherworn |
Previous treatments | Building and sculpture has been cleaned |
Biological growth | Green growth on parts |
Previous treatments | St. Mungo's cassock, the Coat of Arms and motto gilded in parts |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
None | |