Category:Argyll Arcade

From Glasgow

Telephone	0141 221 6680
Fax
Address	30 Buchanan Street G2 8BD

Geo Location

Latitude	55.8586°N
Long	4.2575°W
NS 587 652

Also known as the Argyle Street Arcade. Large enclosed shopping area in an 'L' shape design, with an entrance on Buchanan Street and an entrance on Argyle Street. The 32 shops in the Argyle Arcade specialise in jewellery and fine goods. Opened in 1828, it is reported to be one of Britain's oldest covered shopping arcades.

Open Monday - Saturday, 9am to 5:30pm. Sunday: 1pm - 5pm.

Contents 1 Shops in the Arcade 2 Previously in the Arcade 3 History 4 External Links

[edit] Shops in the Arcade

• Antwerp Diamond Company
• Berrys
• Bernstones
• James Brown & Partners Ltd
• Carsons
• Chisholm Hunter
• Diamond Design
• Diamond International
• Ernest Jones
• Fraser Hart
• H Samuel
• Harold Barclay Ltd
• James Porter & Son
• Lewis Grant
• Michael James
• Mr Harold & Son
• Rooney
• Rox
• Watches of Switzerland

[edit] Previously in the Arcade

• Bastille Taverne

[edit] History

The tenement fronting Argyle Street which forms the entrance to this promenade was built by John Reid circa 1780, but the arcade was built by a member of the same family, John Robertson Reid circa 1827. It wasn't until 1904 with the rennovation of the ornate iron-framed hammerbeam roof that the arcade was styled into how we see it now.

[edit] External Links

• The Arcade Advertiser — April 1838 commercial newspaper advertising shops in the Argyle Arcade.
• Images of the arcade at glasgowguide.co.uk
• Information on the arcade at glasgowarchitecture.co.uk