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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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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Love this decorative and very detailed sculpture by John Mossman on the Virginia Place facade of the former Union Bank of Scotland on Ingram Street in Glasgow.
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Narrative tympana created by John Mossman on the Virginia Place elevation of the former Union Bank fo Scotland building in central Glasgow (now the Corinthian Club). They feature putti writing in ledgers and counting coins (left) measuring and hammering (middle), and ploughimg, sowing and harvesting corn (right).
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Almost a century later, the statues were removed after the original building was condemned following a fire. In 2023, they were finally returned to their rightful place on the Glasgow skyline on the top of the current theatre building.
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Statues on the roof of the Citizen's Theatre on the southside of Glasgow. They are Robert Burns (right hand end), William Shakespeare (left hand end), and the four Greek muses Melpomene, Thalia, Euterpe and Terpsichore. They were created by the legendary Glasgow architectural sculptor John Mossman for the theatre when it was built in 1878.
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Six of them were saved when the church was demolished in 1997, but were damaged in the process. Since then, they have lain in the grounds of the former church and over time, they've become so eroded that they are barely discernable as human heads.
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The Mossman Heads. Originally situated on corbels of the 1860s of the Townhead-BlochairnParish Chuch in Glasgow, they were created by the legendary architecural sculptor John Mossman and they represent key Reformation figures, including Knox, Calvin, Wycliffe, Erasmus and Luther.
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Sculptures by John Mossman on the Virginia Place facade of the former Union Bank of Scotland on Ingram Street in Glasgow. They feature putti carrying sacks of coins and writing in ledgers (left), measuring and hammering (middle), and plowing, sowing and harvesting corn (right).
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