A historic former school building in a Scottish city has been put on the market.
The Victorian school building that "reflects the robust confidence of the age" has been "creatively re-purposed".
DM Hall, chartered surveyors, said that "Bellahouston Business Centre, formerly the august and respected Bellahouston Academy is now being showcased in a wide-ranging marketing campaign".
It said: "The classically-symmetrical grey sandstone edifice on the wide avenue of the city’s Paisley Road West is dominated by a dramatic, four-spired clock and bell tower with confident, high-windowed wings featuring crow-step gables running out to its perimeters.
"Crafted in an age in which aesthetic considerations carried as much weight as function, the B-listed building boasts a full height atrium, incorporating carved timber roof trusses and stunning full-length skylights which provide excellent natural daylighting."
Graeme Todd, DM Hall consultant, who is leading the national marketing effort, said: "This is a building which reflects the robust confidence of the Victorian age and, while it has been extensively refurbished, upgraded and converted for modern use, it retains a unique architectural elegance.
"It is flooded with light, and wide corridors bounded by cast iron and hardwood balustrades– provide access to a total of 28 fully-equipped office suites on the ground and first floors.
"The property has an existing Class 4 office use. However, our clients believe the subjects offer considerable potential, subject to planning, for a wide variety of uses such as residential accommodation, serviced flats, student accommodation, hostel premises, exhibition or gallery space or a reversion to the historic use of a school or training centre.”
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The firm said: "Bellahouston Academy first opened in 1876 as a private school. The site was donated by the Misses Steven of Bellahouston, whose generosity also provided the clocktower, and the building was designed by a Bath Street architect, Robert Balde.
"The academy was initially run as a private venture by Alexander Sim, who was sole shareholder and first rector, and who described it as a Boys' High Class School and Ladies' College."
In 1962 it was replaced by a new school building in Gower Terrace but continued as an annexe until it was finally closed in 2009. Following acquisition and extensive renovation, it opened as the Business Centre in 2016.
The property – at 423 Paisley Road West, where it has a main vehicular entrance – has a gross internal area of more than 22,000 square feet and a dedicated enclosed car park with 48 spaces.
"It is less than half a mile from Junction 24 of the M8 and within a stone’s throw of one of Scotland’s greatest football stadiums at Ibrox," the firm added. "It is within walking distance of all the attractions of the Riverside complex, including the Science Centre.
"The property benefits also from good transport links, being a short walk from Cessnock Underground station and numerous bus services to and from the city which pass along Paisley Road West."
DM Hall said that "offers in excess of £1.25 million are invited for the purchase of the heritable interest".
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