Templeton Carpet Factory Architecture

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Templeton carpet factory architecture.

The magnificent templeton carpet factory was built in 1889 by architect william leiper and styled on the lines of the doge s palace in venice. James templeton co had several carpet factories in the east end as well as a sister company j j s templeton which made brussels carpets on jacquard looms at premises on crownpoint road. James templeton from paisley patented a chenille axminster process by which he could manufacture more densely patterned and richly coloured carpets. Mclennan arch by james adam from his athenaeum adjacent to the east is the peoples palace winter gardens.

The templeton carpet factory building is located south east of the city centre on the edge of the merchant city near the river clyde. The factory completed in 1889 92 produced carpets for two british coronations a carpet for the white house washington dc and carpets for luxury liners. Templeton s carpet factory 1889 1892 in glasgow scotland for example incorporated assyrian persian and byzantine architectural motifs in its exterior design as a way of showing the prospective buyer that luxurious exotic oriental rugs were being made inside. It closed in 1982 and after restoration by the charles robertson partnership re opened as the templeton business centre.

See more ideas about glasgow architecture glasgow glasgow scotland. The people s palace was opened by the earl of rosebery in 1898 as a cultural centre for the people of the east end. Templeton s carpet factory a functional carpet mill stood behind the spectacular facade of the templeton carpet factory. The oldest part is a cut down cotton mill built c.

1823 now only two storeys high. They also produced army blankets during the first world war. Carpet factory 62 templeton street founded on this site in 1857 by james templeton and son. Category a listed building templeton on the green previously known as the templeton carpet factory is a distinctive building near the people s palace in glasgow scotland opened in 1892.

The templeton s carpet factory on glasgow green was designed to resemble the doge s palace in venice and epitomises glaswegians desire to demonstrate architectural opulence during this era.