Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration
Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration

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A gilded statue (which was replaced in 2016) atop the dome. An allegorical group sits within the pediment, above which stands a statue of Cybele, flanked on either side by lions. A seated personification of plenty features above a broken scroll pediment. Decorative panels and other minor carvings also feature.
Title

Light and Life, Pediment Group with Acroterion Figure and Other Decoration

Date

1895 & 2016

Medium

grey sandstone, fibreglass & gold leaf

Accession number

G5_GB_S019

Work type

Building

Owner

Persimmon Developments Ltd

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

2nd January 1897

Access

at all times

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Located at

71–95 Morrison Street, Glasgow

G5 8LB