Beresford Hotel

The Beresford

Main façade of The Beresford looking onto Sauchiehall Street
Former names The Beresford Hotel
The ICI Building
Baird Hall of Residence
General information
Status Complete
Type Residential
Architectural style Art Deco/Streamline Moderne
Location Glasgow, Scotland
Coordinates 55°51′58.4″N 4°16′4.7″W / 55.866222°N 4.267972°W / 55.866222; -4.267972Coordinates: 55°51′58.4″N 4°16′4.7″W / 55.866222°N 4.267972°W / 55.866222; -4.267972
Completed 1938
Owner 112 privately owned flats
Height
Roof 30.2 metres (99 ft)(estimated)
Top floor 10
Technical details
Floor count 10
Lifts/elevators 2
Design and construction
Architect William Beresford Inglis

The Beresford is an ex-hotel situated at 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened in 1938 to provide accommodation for those attending the city's Empire Exhibition and was often described as Glasgow's first skyscraper, being the tallest building erected in Glasgow between the two world wars, at 10 storeys high. It is one of the city's most notable examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture,[1] and is protected as a category B listed building.[2]

Beresford Hotel (1938-1952)

The Beresford, formerly a hotel in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, is now divided into 112 privately owned flats. It opened in 1938 to provide accommodation for those attending the city's Empire Exhibition and was often described as Glasgow's first skyscraper, being the tallest building erected in Glasgow between the two world wars, at 10 storeys high. It is one of the city's most notable examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture,[1] and is protected as a category B listed building.[2] The architect, William Beresford Inglis, of Weddell & Inglis, was also the hotel's owner and managing director. The hotel became a favourite rendezvous for American servicemen during the Second World War. Between 1964 and 2002, it served as student residence for University of Strathclyde. Named after John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor of television,it was opened by his widow, Mrs Margaret C. Baird, on 25 October 1965. Radio Rentals Ltd, which had acquired the Baird Company name in 1960 and whose manufacturing subsidiary was known as Baird Television, donated a modern Baird Televisor receiver to the residents of Baird Hall and Baird memorabilia which were then displayed in the foyer: one containing a replica of the original Baird Televisor, rigged up as a working model, and the other containing a selection of papers and notebooks . The first woman was admitted to live there in 1979. The University sold the building in 2002.

The Glasgow School of Art

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Glasgow Story - Beresford Hotel". www.theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  2. 1 2 "Baird Hall of Residence". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  3. http://stratharchives.tumblr.com/tagged/Baird-Hall retrieved 3/9/2014
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