Botanic Gardens Garage

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Botanic Gardens Garage
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Botanic Gardens Garage
General information
Address24 Vinicome St
Town or cityGlasgow
CountryScotland
Coordinates 55°52′38″N4°17′24″W / 55.87722°N 4.29000°W / 55.87722; -4.29000

The Botanic Gardens Garage is a two-story, five-bay Category A-listed building in the West End of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located on Vinicombe Street, a one-minute-walk from the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It is the oldest surviving purpose-built motor garage in Glasgow. [1] The building is no longer used as a garage, and instead houses restaurants and a gym.

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History

David V. Wyllie was the architect and it was built between 1906 and 1912. [2] [3] In the 1920s the proprietor was Alexander Kennedy. [4]

The building has been owned by Arnold Clark since the 1960s. [5] It became vacant in 2006 and the owners initially planned to demolish it. [6] In December 2007 the building was designated a category A listed building. [7] The owners then looked to convert it for residential, retail and other commercial use. The decision was referred to Scottish Government ministers for the final approval. [2] The company withdrew their plans to demolish the building and in 2014 a planning application was granted to convert it into a gym. [8] Work was suspended in December 2016 when a wall collapsed on three workmen. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Save The Botanic Gardens Garage". www.botanicgardensgarage.org. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ministers to decide on historic Glasgow garage proposal". BBC News . 27 July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Botanic Gardens Garage". Dictionary of Scottish Architects. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Advert". The Glasgow Herald . 30 January 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. ↑ McGinty, Stephen (3 August 2007). "Community fights to save its 'historic' car park". The Scotsman . Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  6. ↑ McCool, Mary (4 December 2015). "Plans to launch 24-hour gym with Byron burger bar in glasgow". STV News . Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "New listing for historic garage". BBC News. 28 December 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  8. ↑ McCool, Mary (5 April 2014). "From motors to muscle: Glasgow's oldest garage to become 24-hour gym". STV News. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  9. ↑ Rodger, Hannah (10 December 2016). "Ground surrounding garage deemed 'unstable' months before wall collapse". The Herald . Glasgow. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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