Acre House:
Sited to the north of the city at the edge of Maryhill, Acre House is a circa 1880 house which was most recently used by Glasgow University as student accomodation. Having lain empty since 2004 the building has suffered numerous break-ins and vandalism culminating in a recent major fire which destroyed the roof, interior and left the building in an utterly derelict burnt out and somewhat perilous state.
The building is constructed of blond sandstone ashlar with Italian renaissance influenced stylings, with a three storey tower at the north-east corner.

street address: 100 Acre Road, Glasgow, G20 0TL
Latitude / Longitude:55.903795,-4.306725 (sourced using Google Maps)
Site visit date: 28 May 2011




approach up the driveway from Acre Road looking towards the tower on the north-west corner, and along the east elevation with the large bay projecting (28/05/2011)


west front elevation, showing the burnt out roofless shell (28/05/2011)


view looking up the north-west corner of the tower (28/05/2011)


main front door on the west elevation (28/05/2011)


annex to the north (28/05/2011)


inside the north annex with burnt wood pannelling and some painted decoration still visible on the curved ceiling above below the charred timbers of the roof structure (28/05/2011)


looking south in the annex, the tower is visible through the heavily charred timbers of the roof (28/05/2011)


more of the fire damage and exposed random rubble walls where the burnt panelling has come away form the structure (28/05/2011)


view south along the corridor connecting the north annex to the main house (28/05/2011)


view west looking out through the projecting bay, note the notches in the stonework between the floors where the joist ends were fitted prior to the fire (28/05/2011)


part of the remains of the collapsed first floor can be seen here: joists, floorboards and some parquet flooring, all heavily charred and strewn across the wrecked ground floor (28/05/2011)


west front elevation (28/05/2011)


ground floor bay window (28/05/2011)


south elevation with a smaller ground floor bay window (28/05/2011)


view from the east looking westwards along the south elevation (28/05/2011)


north elevation of the north annex (28/05/2011)


slate roof on the north side of the annex, with the timber gable piece resting on the roof having fallen from above (see previous photo) (28/05/2011)


north elevation with major propping and view up the lane looking south along the elevation of the connected small out buildings to the north-east of Acre House (28/05/2011)


view south along the west elevation of the small buildings (28/05/2011)


further up the lane, the out-buildings just visible to the left then connect via a more modern structure to the original Acre House (north elevation of Acre House) (28/05/2011)


east/north sides of the tower top (28/05/2011)


view looking north back up the lane (28/05/2011)




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