Friday, 30 July 2010




Green light or red light? Glasgow's newest five-star hotel, which became the headquarters for the Royal Scottish Automobile Club in 1910 and was a starting point for the 1955 Monte Carlo Rally, is as posh as it gets, yet not too grand to hint at the more colourful history of its setting. Blythswood Square's Georgian townhouse terraces were originally built for wealthy merchants and Clydeside shipping magnates at the turn of the 19th century. Much later the square became known as a base for the...
Full Story: The Independent



 

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