THE GROUND FLOOR |
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You enter from the street facing east, either through a push button controlled sliding door or up one step through a revolving door. The push button of the sliding door is to your right both as you enter and leave the building. between these entrances is an area with wheelchairs which can be loaned for use in the building.
The ground floor entrance hall is cross-shaped with the main axis running east with a row of 9 double granite pillars to each side of the main walkway, about two metres from the walls. The space between these pillars and the walls is occupied by tables and seats. There's another round pillar to each side of the main, revolving door, entrance which is paired with a square pillar as part of the wall.
There are additional pillars in the arms of the cross. Towards the west side of each arm is a double round pillar north south followed by a single pillar next to a square one which is part of the wall.
The Reception desk is at the east end of the entrance hall. In the middle of the north arm is a male statue on a plinth and a female statue in the middle of the south. We understand these are on loan from the Kelvin Grove museum which is currently being refurbished.
The ceilings are arched with ornate designs in mosaic tiles. There is a mosaic of the Glasgow coat of arms in the middle of the floor in front of the entrance.
The walkways to the stairs, Marble stairs to the left (north) and Working Stairs to your right (south) leave the main hall, just west of the reception desk. The start of each walkway has an arch carved with ornate figurines.
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revolving door entrance wheelchair area sliding door entrance |
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Merchant Navy badge, on wall 2 round pillars |
| door to disabled persons toilet |
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square pillar round pillar curved alcove with remembrance lamp round pillar, on east side of alcove |
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blank door with figures each side glass case in front with books of roll of honour square pillar |
There are chairs and tables along the north and south sides, the reception desk at the east end.
| blank door with statues each side and ramp up to it |
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curved alcove with seating blank door glass case commemorating the adoption of HMS Duke of York by Glasgow |
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seat, in front of windows with ornate decoration pair of pillars, round one is east of square phone pair of pillars revolving door entrance |
Having turned left (north) from Reception, you go through a short corridor including a steep ramp up, into the area including the foot of the Marble Stairs.
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entrance from Reception ornate granite wall |
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door, blocked with glass case in north arm of entrance hall glass case, with various military memorabilia glass case with Rennie Mackintosh high backed chair blank door glass case with gifts to the city glass case with glass and silver ware, gifts to the city |
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blank doors coat hangers |
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underneath stairs foot of stairs going up north opaque window sofa in alcove |
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ornate granite wall entrance from Reception |
Having turned right (south) from Reception, you go through a short passage, including a steep ramp up into the area around the foot of the Working Stairs.
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entrance from Reception ornate stoneware |
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alcove with window onto the open centre of the building 3 steps up south to the foot of the Working Staircase pillar 3 steps going east to the foot of the Working staircase table alcove with: |
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| door to corridor running east towards the Town Clerk and other municipal offices |
The lift door is on the left-hand (north) side of this corridor.
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stained glass partition glass case with commemorative gifts |
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glass case with memorabilia door to the Head of Public relations and Marketing 2 glass cases with gifts to the city door from south arm of entrance hall (blocked) |
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chairs carved with the Glasgow coat of arms, with table between them entrance from Reception |
© 2004, Terry Robinson