Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project

Decorative Sculpture

Region ID

GW

Work ID

347

Manual Reference

CE/065/12

Title

Decorative Sculpture

Architect

Young, William

Sculptor

Anon

Date of design

1883-1888

Year of unveiling

Unveiling details

Road

George Square

Precise Location

80 George Square, City Chambers, on the walls of the Quadrangle

A to Z Ref

36 K17

OS Ref

Postcode

G2

Work is

Extant

Listing Status

I

Duty of Care

Glasgow City Council

Commissioned by

Glasgow Corporation

Notes

A series of 13 square panels containing images associated with the Glasgow coat of arms (a bell, a fish, a bird in a tree) repeated symmetrically around a central image of St Mungo (above ground floor windows on east wall) There is also a group of naked putti entwined with acanthus scrolls between a pair of oculi on 1st floor, NW corner, and keystone masks on oculi and on the arch in the adjacent wall.

See CE/065/1

circa

raw year

Condition

Don't know

At risk

Not at risk

Inscriptions

Signatures

Elements

Element Details

Part of work

Material

Dimensions

All

Binnie stone

Assessment of Condition

Surface Character: nothing recorded

Structural Condition: nothing recorded

Vandalism: nothing recorded