78 Carlton Place on the south bank of the Clyde in Glasgow. Designed in a classical style by Peter Nicholson and built in the 1810s, it's the centre piece of an impressive block of Georgian townhouses. Lining what was then the upper harbour, these houses would have been occupied by the city's merchant class.

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After lying empty and pretty much derelict since the 1990s, Laurieston House is apparently currently in the process of being turned into flats. To me, this seems sacrilegious, especially as it could easily be kept complete and turned into a major visitor attraction/events venue.

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This is just one of a cluster of fantastic old buildings in the Carlton Place/Bridge Street area of the city, representing a diverse range of styles, which could be a real gem in Glasgow's architectural crown but they seem to have been largely overlooked and unlike this one, many are in a very poor state of repair.

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87 Carlton Place in Glasgow. Built in 1857 and designed by John Burnet Senior, as the coat of arms at the top suggests, it was originally home to a branch of the Bank of Scotland.

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