The former Burton's Menswear Store on Argyle Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Wilson and was built in 1929.
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The former Burton's Menswear Store on Argyle Street in Glasgow. It was designed by Wilson and was built in 1929.
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A commemorative stone laid by a member of the Burton family at the entrance to 364 Dumbarton Road in the Partick area of Glasgow. Such stones mark locations that were once Burton's Menswear stores, and primarily date from the 1920s and 1930s.
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In June 1950, Stephen O’Flaherty signed a deal that secured the rights to the Volkswagen franchise in Ireland as Motor Distributers Ireland. Ireland’s place in Volkswagen history was firmly established in 1950 when the first Volkswagen ever built outside Germany was assembled on Shelbourne Road in Ballsbridge. Throughout the fifties demand rose steadily and the
Still extant today, with its distinctive Burton logotype on both facades, and over a doorway on Patrick Street. A stripped classical design with a meander or fret cornice in a glazed faience tile. Described as "handsome" in the Waterford Standard, July 25 1931. Some Burton's stores had teetotal billiard rooms or ballrooms on an upper
1928 – Burton, 21-22 Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Harry Wilson
A prominent corner four-storey commercial building, having five bays to Duke Street, a canted corner with octagonal dome overhead, and a further three bays to Grafton Street. The doorway to the upper floors on Duke Street has the date 1918 in the parapet. Buil
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Architect: Harry Wilson A prominent corner four-storey commercial building, having five bays to Duke Street, a canted corner with octagonal dome overhead, and a further three bays to Grafton Street. The doorway to the upper floors on Duke Street has the date 1918 in the parapet. Built in a stripped classical style typical of the
1933 – Former Burton’s, Ann Street, Belfast
Architect: Harry Wilson
The former Burton's Store on Ann Street is a good example of a restrained Art Deco building designed by Harry Wilson from Leeds. Wilson designed many Burton's stores across the UK and Ireland including one in Dublin.
Clad in faience tiles, the i
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Architect: Harry Wilson The former Burton's Store on Ann Street is a good example of a restrained Art Deco building designed by Harry Wilson from Leeds. Wilson designed many Burton's stores across the UK and Ireland including one in Dublin. Clad in faience tiles, the illustration is taken from the Belfast Newsletter of August 25th
Commemorative stones laid by members of the Burton family on ground floor facade of the former Ogg Brothers Department Store at Paisley Road Toll in Glasgow. Built in the 1880s and now occupied by a restautant called La Fiorentina, these inscriptions indicate that in 1949, it was home to a Burton's Clothing store.
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The former Burton's Department store at the corner of Buchanan Street and Argyle Street in Glasgow. Built in 1929, it was designed by Harry Wilson, Burton's in-house architect in the Art Deco architectural style.
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