Glasgow House

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Glasgow House
Glasgow House and Edinburgh House.jpg
Glasgow House is the second building from the left.
Glasgow House
General information
Location56-58
AddressStirling Terrace
Town or cityAlbany
Country Western Australia
Completed1882
TypeState Registered Place
Designated7 December 2007
Part ofStirling Terrace Precinct, Albany (14922)
Reference no. 62

Glasgow House is a heritage listed building located on Stirling Terrace overlooking Princess Royal Harbour in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.

Glasgow House is situated between the Royal George Hotel and Edinburgh House. It was built for Alexander Moir, along with Edinburgh House, in 1882. [1] Before these buildings were constructed a row of single storey cottages had occupied the site. The cottages housed a bootmaker, baker and tailor as well as other tradespeople. Alexander Moir's son, John Moir, took over the family business and after his father died in 1893 Glasgow house became the headquarters of the Moir merchant business. [1]

Neighboring Edinburgh House and Glasgow House both housed shipping agents for a time while Stirling Terrace was the main street in Albany. [2]

The two storey building is of a classical regency design and set amongst a group of similar scale buildings. It has a parapet concealing the roof, the building frontage has decorative motifs and smooth textured walling. There is projected quoin moulding around arched windows set in straight lines with other quoins on both sides of the upper facade and a cantilevered box verandah. [3]

In 2014 a heritage grant of A$26,418 [4] was awarded to the Glasgow House and other heritage buildings for work such as painting and new verandahs and windows as part of Anzac Centenary commemorations. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Municipal Heritage Inventory Review -Volume III of IV" (PDF). City of Albany. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. Toyah Shakespeare (15 April 2014). "Terrace takes place on history's map". Albany Advertiser . Yahoo7 . Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. "Glasgow House". InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  4. "Heritage shines for Anzac Centenary". ANZAC Albany. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. "Media Releases Heritage shines for Anzac Centenary". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

Coordinates: 35°01′38″S117°53′11″E / 35.0273°S 117.8863°E / -35.0273; 117.8863