Listed Building

The only legal part of the listing under the Planning (Listing Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997 is the address/name of site. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing – see 'About Listed Buildings' below for more information. The further details below the 'Address/Name of Site' are provided for information purposes only.

Address/Name of Site

71 TRONGATE, TRON STEEPLELB32769

Status: Designated

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Summary

Category
A
Date Added
06/07/1966
Local Authority
Glasgow
Planning Authority
Glasgow
Burgh
Glasgow
NGR
NS 59542 64916
Coordinates
259542, 664916

Description

1630-36. 4-stage square section tower, standing

independent of the John Adam replacement to it's

original church (see Tron Kirk). Tower pierced at ground

by Tudor arches opened in 1855 by John Carrick,

architect. Tall stone facetted spire.

Harled walling with painted moulded architraves.

Ground floor, originally the position of the Tron,

altered with Tudor arches opened to allow passage of

pavement underneath. Groin vaulted ceiling with mask-

stops and central boss. All, but S elevation, with cusp-

headed windows to 2nd stage, cusped bipartites to 3rd

and clockfaces to 4th. To S lower 2 stages blind, single

window to 4th. Moulded string courses divide each floor,

moulded eaves corbels, shallow projecting painted ashlar

silhouette balustraded parapet with pinnacles to angles.

From this rises tall octagonal spire in stone with

vertical line of roll moulding to angles. Bipartite

traceried lucarnes to lower part, single light cusped

above, projecting crown balustrde to midway stage, small

lucarnes above, small pinnacles on upper corona encircle

top of spire.

References

Bibliography

Gomme and Walker 1987, p.47. Information by courtesy of

the Buildings of Scotland Research Unit.

About Listed Buildings

Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating sites and places at the national level. These designations are Scheduled monuments, Listed buildings, Inventory of gardens and designed landscapes and Inventory of historic battlefields.

We make recommendations to the Scottish Government about historic marine protected areas, and the Scottish Ministers decide whether to designate.

Listing is the process that identifies, designates and provides statutory protection for buildings of special architectural or historic interest as set out in the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997.

We list buildings which are found to be of special architectural or historic interest using the selection guidance published in Designation Policy and Selection Guidance (2019)

Listed building records provide an indication of the special architectural or historic interest of the listed building which has been identified by its statutory address. The description and additional information provided are supplementary and have no legal weight.

These records are not definitive historical accounts or a complete description of the building(s). If part of a building is not described it does not mean it is not listed. The format of the listed building record has changed over time. Earlier records may be brief and some information will not have been recorded.

The legal part of the listing is the address/name of site which is known as the statutory address. Other than the name or address of a listed building, further details are provided for information purposes only. Historic Environment Scotland does not accept any liability for any loss or damage suffered as a consequence of inaccuracies in the information provided. Addresses and building names may have changed since the date of listing. Even if a number or name is missing from a listing address it will still be listed. Listing covers both the exterior and the interior and any object or structure fixed to the building. Listing also applies to buildings or structures not physically attached but which are part of the curtilage (or land) of the listed building as long as they were erected before 1 July 1948.

While Historic Environment Scotland is responsible for designating listed buildings, the planning authority is responsible for determining what is covered by the listing, including what is listed through curtilage. However, for listed buildings designated or for listings amended from 1 October 2015, legal exclusions to the listing may apply.

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