Alexander Thomson Hotel Glasgow, 320 Argyle St accommodation building location, Date, Architect, Scotland
Alexander Thomson Hotel
Accommodation in central Glasgow: 320 Argyle Street Building – Scottish Architecture
post updated 16 July 2023 ; 21 December 2021
Address: 320 Argyle Street, Glasgow G2 8LY, Scotland, UK
The Alexander Thomson Hotel has 72 en-suite rooms and is located in Glasgow’s west end, close to Central Railway Station. The area is not the best, and has quite a bad reputation for crime.
320 Argyle Street photograph : Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html, via Wikimedia Commons
Alexander Thomson Hotel Glasgow Accommodation
The hotel has a ‘designer’ theme throughout based on the famous Glasgow architect after whom the hotel is named. The hotel restaurant only serves breakfast and has a 24-hour bar.
Alexander Thomson – Glasgow buildings
The name of this Argyle Street hotel was inspired by the Great Glaswegian Architect Alexander Greek Thomson (1817 – 1875). He produced a diverse range of structures including villas, a castle, urbane terraces, commercial warehouses, tenements, and three extraordinary churches.
320 Argyle Street photo : Ralf Roletschek, GFDL 1.2 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/fdl-1.2.html, via Wikimedia Commons
Of these, Caledonia Road Free Church (now a ruin), Queen’s Park United Presbyterian Church (destroyed in WWII), and St Vincent Street Church, the last is the only intact survivor. This church is located close by to this Argyle Street accommodation, a few blocks north and west.
The accommodation is contained within a historic Victorian era building. It has high ceilings and high windows from that era. Most rooms are quite large and so are the bathrooms.
The Great Western Terrace, now Alexander Thomson Hotel, was built in 1869.
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If you’re interested in the Alexander Thomson Hotel, but wish to view comparable quality hotels please see the Glasgow Hotels page.
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Key Alexander Thomson building : St Vincent Street Church – located close by to the north, up the hill towards Blythswood Square
photo © Adrian Welch
Buildings / photos for the Alexander Thomson Hotel Glasgow at 320 Argyle Street page welcome