The Scots Baronial style Victoria Buildings on West Regent Street in Central Glasgow. Designed by J.A. Bell and built in 1858, what we see today is just a surviving fragment of a much larger building which originally occupied the whole block.
It was built for Archibald Orr Ewing, who made his money from the commercialisation of Turkey Red Dying, a process for producing bright and long-lasting red textiles.
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Turkey red was a method for dying cotton a bright and long-lasting red colour. Introduced to Scotland in 1785, the country, particularly around Glasgow, quickly became a centre for the turkey red industry.
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1860s Classical style townhouses designed by James Thomson on Belhaven Terrace in the West End of Glasgow. The one on the left was first occupied by Alex McKenzie who worked as a carver both for himself and for the Sun Foundry. The one on the right was originally inhabited by Robert Watson, of the merchants and turkey red dyers Fleming, Watson and Nairn.
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