This Is My Glasgow

18 Blackfriars Street in Glasgow. Originally constructed in 1790 as a Neo-Classical merchant's house, this is one of Glasgow's surprising number of surviving Georgian mansions. However, by the 1970s, when it was being used as a banana-ripening warehouse by the fruit merchant's Gilbert Walker and Co, it was a shadow of its former self and had lost its top floor and pediment.

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Jan 12 at 8:06pmWeb
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowJan 12

The upper floor and pediment were rebuilt when it was refurbished in the 1980s and turned into a pub called Babbity Bowster. Still occupying the site to this day, it's named after a Scottish Country Dance traditionally performed at the end of a ball.

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Show threadBob ThomsonJan 12
@thisismyglasgow never knew where the name came from. Nice.
Show threadThis Is My GlasgowJan 12
@bobthomson70 👍🙂
Show threadGarrulous Ambivert #SNP1SGP2Jan 13
@thisismyglasgow A favourite venue for my regular lunchtime meet ups with my cousins. The food is worth a visit
Show threadFallsMomJan 13
Glad this unique looking building was more or less saved! Sounds like a fun place, as well!