Former Robinson & Dunn Temple Sawmills Office:
An art deco red brick building office block built around 1932 by architect John Laird (1868-1937). Used as a grand frontage and ofifce for the Robinson & Dunn Temple Sawmills whose yard was sited behind the building. The building was converted to a bar/restaurant in the late 1990s with a large extension to the north designed to be in keeping with the original art deco styled building. The most recent bar/restaurant use ended in closure in 2004, since then the building has been empty. There are currently more typical signs of dereliction showing, the building has been broken into, multiple windows are smashed, large damp areas are appearing on the north walls, and the car park to the east is strewn with debris. Category C listed.
street address: 300 Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G13 1LH
Latitude / Longitude: 55.895181,-4.321992 (sourced using Google Maps)
site visit date: 16 March 2011
Bearsden Road frontage. The original 1932 building is symmetrical and to the right of the photograph. The red brick extension is to the left, with no windows to the front and a rounded turret element turning the corner (16/03/2011)
south elevation (16/03/2011)
west end of the south elevation with round window (16/03/2011)
view of the massing of elements looking up at the west elevation (16/03/2011)
original west elevation (16/03/2011)
main doorway on Bearsden Road (16/03/2011)
north-west corner, part of the newer extension, note the metal lintel piece and brickwork which differs from the original building (16/03/2011)
north elevation (modern extension), note large damp areas on this wall, especially at the top, suggesting the drainage from the roof and guttering has failed (16/03/2011)
turret on the east (rear) and north corner, this is part of the modern addition (16/03/2011)
east (rear) elevation (16/03/2011)
the building has sat empty since closure in 2004, debris and relics from its use as a bar/restaurant litter the car park area to the east (16/03/2011)
more random odds and ends spilled from the skip in the car park (16/03/2011)
large open plan ground floor area opened up for when it was last in use when the building was a bar and restaurant and now stripped of fittings and laid bare (16/03/2011)
view down the staircase form the first floor with the round oculus window ahead with smashed glass (16/03/2011)
north-west corner of the interior of the building (16/03/2011)
some meters are bigger than others.... a commercial sized electricity meter for the building sited on the south side gently rusts as the building sits empty (16/03/2011)
happier days... a photograph of a row of kilted men, with their heads chopped off by the inept photographer lies on the ground having spilled out from the rubbish skip (16/03/2011)
south and east elevations, with unchecked ivy growth (16/03/2011)
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