Anchor
House, Glasgow
Architect
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James Miller
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Date
Built
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1906 - 1907
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Location
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12-16, St
Vincent Place
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Description
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The Anchor Line
building was commissioned by D & W
Henderson, the brothers who owned the Anchor
Line Shipping Company. With offices in
New York, Londonderry, Liverpool and Dundee,
they operated mail, cargo and passenger
services between Glasgow and New York.
The building style is described as Edwardian
Renaissance and it comprises 7-storeys with a
basement. The St Vincent Place facade is
clad in faience with brick on the side
and rear. The facade also features
nautical sculptures attributed to H H
Martyn of Cheltenham.
In 2018, when these
images were taken, the ground floor and
basement were occupied by the
award-winning Anchor Line restaurant and
Atlantic Restaurant, operated by the Di
Maggio Group. The floors above are
in the process of being transformed into
an apartment hotel. Apparently, the
construction services company ISG has been
awarded a £5.5 million contract to convert
the iconic building into a contemporary
64-bed aparthotel for The White Building
Development Company Limited. It
appears from the image above that the work
was still underway in June of 2018.
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