University of Glasgow

A sign saying "Celtic and Irish", in both English and Scots Gaelic on a building of the University of Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland

A sign saying "Celtic and Irish", in both English and Scots Gaelic on a building of the University of Glasgow, Glasgow ScotlandThe grounds of University of Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland  The grounds of University of Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland

 

In 1870, the Univeristy of Glasgow moved to Gilmorehill. The new-build campus was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic revival style.

Gilmorehill inspired the design of the Clocktower complex of buildings for the new University of Otago in New Zealand.

Scott’s building is structured upon what was then a cutting-edge riveted iron frame construction, supporting a lightweight wooden-beam roof. The building also forms the second-largest example of Gothic revival architecture in Britain, after the Palace of Westminster.

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