| 词条 | Blythswood Hill |
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| country = Scotland | official_name = Blythswood Hill | population = | population_ref = | os_grid_reference = NS583656 | coordinates = {{coord|55.862689|-4.265708|display=inline,title}} | scots_name = | unitary_scotland = Glasgow City Council | lieutenancy_scotland = Glasgow | constituency_westminster = Glasgow Central | constituency_scottish_parliament = Glasgow Kelvin | constituency_scottish_parliament1 = Glasgow | post_town = GLASGOW | postcode_district = G2 | postcode_area = G | dial_code = 0141 | static_image = | static_image_caption = | london_distance = | edinburgh_distance = }}Blythswood Hill, leading to Blythswood Square, is one of the central hills overlooking the River Clyde, which form the city of Glasgow, Scotland, and was developed as one of its prestigious residential areas from 1800 onwards.[1] After the Reformation the Lands of Blythswood were owned by Sir George Elphinstone and changed to the Douglas-Campbell family during the 17th century. Archibald Campbell, whose son became Lord Blythswood, set about feuing the lands to developers.[2] It lies on the western flank of Buchanan Street and rises to a plateau before dipping again towards the Charing Cross area of Park Circus and of Woodlands.To its north is Garnet Hill. Blythswood Hill contains the area from Renfrew Street, Sauchiehall Street and Bath Street south to Bothwell Street, and below to Argyle Street, and from West Nile Street westward to Elmbank Street and beyond.[3] The first street to be opened up was Bath Street in 1802, by textile manufacturer and builder William Harley who also formed his pioneering public baths, dairy and bakery at its eastern end. [4] His planned Blythswood Square at the western end sits partly on his pleasure grounds, viewing tower, orchards and bowling green which he opened for the public, next to his house of Willow Bank.[5]Blythswood developed due to the mercantile expansion of the city in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, housing the city's wealthy cotton merchants and shipping magnates in Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces. The area is on a grid-iron layout which started first around George Square in the 1790s, adopted by Glasgow Town Council, and continued for urban development west over Blythswood, and south over the Clyde to Tradeston, Laurieston, and Hutchesontown. The grid-iron system was later adopted in 1830 by New York, followed later by Chicago, and other cities in America.[6] Blythswood Square was the home of Madeleine Smith - a daughter of leading architect James Smith - who in 1857 was tried in the High Court for the murder by arsenic poisoning of her lover Pierre Emile L'Angelier. Although the case was not proven, to the delight of the public, the story scandalised Scottish society, and is recounted in Jack House's 1961 book Square Mile of Murder. Today, residential use is returning to Blythswood Hill, while remaining mainly offices, hotels, shops, restaurants and art organisations.The conversion of the former Royal Scottish Automobile Club building at 8-13 Blythswood Square to form the Blythswood Square Hotel is a current example of the enhancement and improvement of the whole of Blythswood Square. Notable buildings
References1. ^Architecture of Glasgow by Andor Gomme and David Walker, published in 1968 and 1987 2. ^Glasgow Past and Present, by Senex and others, three volumes published in 1884 3. ^Buildings of Glasgow by Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches and Malcolm Higgs, published in 1990 4. ^William Harley:A Citizen of Glasgow, by J Galloway, published in 1901 5. ^William Harley:A Citizen of Glasgow, by J Galloway, published in 1901 6. ^Glasgow Past and Present, by Senex and others, three volumes published in 1884 7. ^http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/ 8. ^https://rcpsg.ac.uk/ 9. ^https://www.glasgowcityfreechurch.org/ 10. ^http://glasgowartclub.co.uk/ 11. ^https://rcpsg.ac.uk/ 12. ^http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_full.php?id=203310 External links
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