It can also be argued that Sellars was one of the crucial links between this older style which was dominant in the early Victorian era, and the explosion of new styles, such as Art Nouveau, Glasgow Style, and Arts and Crafts, which came afterwards.
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James Sellars' 1870s Classical Grecian style Kelvinside Academy on Bellshaugh Road in the West End of Glasgow. While not as well know as Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, Sellars was another of Glasgow's great classical Victorian architects.
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The halls were gutted by fire in 1962, and only this facade, which has since been incorporated into the Mitchell Library complex, now remains.
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The main facade of the former St Andrew's Halls on Granville Street in Glasgow. Heavily influenced by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, the neoclassical St Andrew's Halls were designed by James Sellars, with sculptures by the legendary John Mossman, and were built in 1877. The two Atlantes by the doors are by William Mossman.
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The former factory built in the 1870s for Wylie and Lochhead Cabinet Makers on Kent Road in the Anderston area of Glasgow. It was designed by James Sellars and was converted into flats in the 1980s.
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The former Anderson College of Medicine on Dumbarton Road in Glasgow. Constructed in 1888, this building was designed by James Sellars.
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Stewart Memorial Fountain in Kelvingrove Park in the west end of Glasgow. Built in 1872, it was designed by James Sellars, and sculpted by John Mossman and James Young.
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Kelvinside Academy in the West End of Glasgow. Built in the 1870s, it was designed in a Classical Greek style by James Sellars, a talented architect who deserves to be much more widely known than he currently is.
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James Sellars' 1880 Triumphal Entrance Arch to Lambhill Cemetery on Balmore Road in the north of Glasgow. It used to be flanked by two lodges but these were demolished in 1991.
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James Sellars' 1888 Anderson College of Medicine om Dumbarton Road in Glasgow. Sellars is a highly underrated Glasgow architect, and if you're interested in learning more about his work, there'a a free talk on at thr Mitchell Library in Glasgow today (16 May 2024) at 6pm. More info can be found at:
https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/the-life-and-work-of-james-sellars.
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