Maria Villa Glasgow: Langside House, Greek Thomson

Maria Villa Glasgow Property, Henry Watson Langside Home, Scottish Architect, Address, Date, Location

Maria Villa, Glasgow : Langside Property

Greek Thomson House: Strathclyde Residence, Historic western Scotland Home

post updated 6 Mar 2021

Architect: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson

Maria Villa, Mansion House Road, Langside, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Dates built: 1857-61

Maria Villa Glasgow

Maria Villa is a double villa featuring a couple of semi-detached houses. This important Langside property on Mansion House Road was built for Henry Watson and named after his wife.

Maria Villa Glasgow by Architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson:
Maria Villa Glasgow by Architect Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson
photo © Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson

Architecture in Strathclyde

Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson – Key Work:

St Vincent Street Church
St Vincent Street Church
photo © Adrian Welch

Glasgow Walking Tours

Rennie Mackintosh – Key Works in the city – selection:

Glasgow School of Art, 167 Renfrew Street
Glasgow School of Art
GSA building photo © Adrian Welch
Glasgow School of Art

House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, south west of the city centre
House for an Art Lover
property photo © Adrian Welch
House for an Art Lover

St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life & Art is located at 2 Castle Street, Glasgow. Opened in 1993, examines all the world’s major religious faiths. Admission Free.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928)

Briggait Centre design by Nicoll Russell Studios, based in Tayside

Kelvingrove Gallery – renewed by international architects BDP

CCA Glasgow – designed by Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson and refurbished by Glaswegian architecture practice Page / Park
CCA Glasgow
photo © Adrian Welch
CCA

Glasgow Historic Building Designs

Historic Glasgow Property Designs – recent Strathclyde architectural selection below:

Kelvingrove Gallery, West End
Kelvingrove Gallery

City Chambers, George Square
City Chambers

Custom House Building Renewal
Glasgow Custom House Development

Historic Gorbals Building
166 Gorbals Street Glasgow community space gallery building

Queens Cross Church, Garscube
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Queens Cross Church

Queen’s Park United Presbyterian Church, Langside Road
Architect: Alexander “Greek” Thomson
Queen’s Park Church

Comments / photos for the Maria Villa – Langside House on Mansion House Road, built in 1857-61, page welcome

Website: Langside Glasgow