Partick Burgh Hall is a municipal facility in Burgh Hall Street,

Partick Partick ( sco, Pairtick, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to t ...

, Scotland. The hall, which was the headquarters of Partick

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Council in the early 20th century, is a Category B

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History

Centre for Sensory Impaired People (geograph 6136464)

The building was commissioned to replace a small

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building in Anderson Street which had served as the administration centre for the burgh and had been completed in 1853. After a period of rapid population expansion associated with the growth in the

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industry, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built burgh hall: the site selected was the southern section of piece of open ground, the rest of which was developed at the same time as

Hamilton Crescent Hamilton Crescent is a cricket ground in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club. Hamilton Crescent hosted the first international football match, between Scotland and England, played on 30 ...

, the home of the

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. The new building, which was designed by

William Leiper William Leiper Royal Institute of British Architects, FRIBA Royal Scottish Academy, RSA (1839–1916) was a Scotland, Scottish architect known particularly for his domestic architecture in and around the town of Helensburgh.

in the French Renaissance style, was completed in 1872. The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with thirteen bays facing Burgh Hall Street; the western section of five bays, the middle three of which projected slightly forward, formed the main frontispiece; there were windows in the middle three bays on the ground floor with an arched doorway in the western bay; there were panels carved by

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depicting

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and

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above the ground floor windows and a large round-headed window in the middle bay on the first floor with a

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above; there was also an ornate bell tower at roof level. The burgh hall was the headquarters of Partick Burgh Council until the burgh was annexed by

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in 1912. A comprehensive refurbishment of the hall costing £800,000 was carried out a design by ZM Architecture and completed in 2004; the work, which involved the creation of a high

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giving access to al three of the main halls as well as the restoration to the stained glass windows, was commended at the Scottish Design Awards in 2004. In June 2019 it was announced that the hall, which continues to function as a community centre, would also become a "Space for Growth Hub" providing support for start-up businesses.

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Government buildings completed in 1872 1872 establishments in Scotland Partick Category B listed buildings in Glasgow Listed government buildings in Scotland

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