The Templeton Carpet Factory, a mighty Venetian Gothic palace, was converted to flats 40 years ago
We must thank our lucky stars that one of our greatest Victorian buildings survives – even thrives – to this day in Scotland. What a beauty, what a perfectly glorious beauty there is to be found on Glasgow Green – now known as Templeton on the Green. It was designed with tremendous aplomb by William Leiper in 1889. ‘There is nothing finer to be found outside of Italy,’ crowed the designer’s junior partner, the Scotsman W H McNab. Its colours and form are indeed quite tremendous, with a wealth of brilliant hues picking out the finest architectural features. Bright blue, Venetian Gothic detailing wars splendidly with the vividly red Guelf battlements on high. What with such variety and such splendour on such a massive scale, the shock of it all quite blows you asunder. Built of red sandstone, with the glorious contrast of multicoloured glazed polychromatic brickwork, it is a...
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