A fine example of a wally close in the Broomhill area of Glasgow. A wally close is a tiled a commununal stairwell a Glasgow tenement, with the word wally being a Scots word for anything made from ceramics or china. This can include wally dugs (china dogs), and wallies (or false teeth). This, in itself, is derived from an older meaning of anything fancy, splendid or highly decorative.
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A rather beautiful wally close in the west end of Glasgow. For those not familiar with the term, wally refers to the ceramic tiles used to line the communal stairwell (the close) of a tenement building.
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A rather wonderful example of a wally close I came across today in Mount Florida on the Southside of Glasgow.
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I love these floral-inspired Art Nouveau tiles from a tenement close in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow. The roses are particularly impressive. While their stems and leaves are all identical, the colouring of the flower petals are all slightly different.
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Some rather wonderful Art Nouveau style flower tiles in the wally close of a Pollokshields tenement in Glasgow.
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More information about the Scots word Wally can be found here: https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/view/id/4701
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Of obscure origin, wallie is often used to describe anything fine, beautiful or excellent, as in: “Thanks to ye, sir, for your mony wally words” from Hew Ainslie’s A Pilgrimage to the Land of Burns (1822), and in: “Wae a’ hid a wally supper” from C M Costie’s …
The term 'Wally Close' is one you'll commonly hear in Glasgow. It refers to the communal stairwell of a tenement building, known as a Close, which has been lined with dectorative ceramic tiles. Wally is a Scots word for anything made from china which has been in use since at least the 1800s. This usage is itself derived from an older one meaning strong beatuiful, fine or excellent. So, Wally Close literally means a beautiful tiled communal stairwell.
A rather beautiful wally close in the west end of Glasgow. For those not familiar with the term, wally refers to the ceramic tiles used to line the communal stairwell (the close) of a tenement building.
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A different style of flower on tenement tiles today, but they're just as beautiful. These are from a close in Dowanhill in the west end of Glasgow. The next close along has the same flowers, but with yellow petals.
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I came across this beauty in a tenement close in Broomhill today. There really seems to be no end to stunning art nouveau tiles in Glasgow.
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