Crystal Palace

I had a walk around the centre of Glasgow this morning before heading home on the train. One of the things I love about this city is the architecture, there's such a variety of building styles to see.

This one in the Jamaica Street area just screams Victorian, even without the pub name, here's a bit about the building;

Designed by John Baird, the building's iron and glass construction was inspired by Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, the centrepiece of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

It was built in 1855-1856 to the designs of John Baird, who had used an exposed iron frame as early as 1827 in the hammerbeam roof of the nearby Argylle Arcade. The Jamaica Street Warehouse was one of the very first commercial buildings to copy Paxton's design.

Sadly only the ground and first floor are in use, the upper two floors look a bit desolate.

This afternoon I went along to see "Mr Turner" , with the wonderful Timothy Spall as Turner. Lovely to see after visiting the "Late Turner" Exhibition in London a few months ago. Then dinner at Tapa.