Many prominent city centre buildings that have become vacant in recent years are now considered to be in need of repair at varying degrees.
Some have plans awaiting approval others have been left empty for years with no apparent plan in place to bring them back into use.
Sauchiehall Street and surrounding streets feature heavily in the new additions with old retail and office space among those considered to be at risk.
It comes days after the fire at Carlton Place has left the old Prince and Princess of Wales Hospice building in a condition where the roof has been destroyed exposing the upper floors to the elements.
Earlier this year in a Glasgow Times investigates abandoned Glasgow series we looked at the buildings in and around the city centre that were at risk.
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We reported that inspections had been completed and more properties were to be added to the register.
Today we can reveal many of the new additions to the register, which is compiled and maintained by Historic Environment Scotland.
Some are low or moderate risk but still merit being added to the register.
It includes the old BHS site at 67-81 Sauchiehall Street, which also fronts onto Renfield Street and Bath Street.
It has been empty since the firm collapsed in 2016 and various plans have since fallen through.
Historic Environment Scotland states: “There are a few sections of panels which are missing or damaged under the canopy and on the store frontage.
“There is some peeling paint on the store frontage as well. There is light vegetation growth on the canopy. The upper glazing appears intact. The lower openings and glazing are covered and appear secure.”
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The old Watt Brothers store at 119-121 Sauchiehall Street, which also sits on Bath Stret and Hope Street is a new addition.
The building was bought by McGill’s Buses owners Sandy and James Easdale who have been working to get permission for a hotel development approved.
The At Risk register states: “There are signs of damp in the masonry of the east elevations where discolouration and salt deposits are visible. Some vegetation growth is noted in the masonry of the north block. A window on the east elevation of the north block is boarded up internally and several glazing panes are cracked in both buildings.”
The upper floors of Ashfield House office block at 396 Sauchiehall Street dating to 1908 are also added as being at moderate risk.
The register states: “There are areas of dampness to the walls, and salts are evident suggesting rainwater disposal is defective.”
Another building at 76-82 Sauchiehall Street and at 297-305 Sauchiehall Street
The old ABC/Regal cinema at 326 Sauchiehall Street, most recently operating as the 02 ABC music venue was destroyed in the second School of Art fire in 2018
It has this week been the subject of a dangerous building notice requiring demolition including the historic façade that was hoped to have been saved.
The Charles Cameron Memorial fountain at Charing Cross, which has been fenced off for some time is also newly added to the register.
In surrounding streets, a number of properties are also newly considered to be at risk.
At 18 Cambridge Street, a four-storey “Venetian style commercial building” from 1884 is found to be at moderate risk.
HES: states: “There are signs of damp in the masonry, primarily concentrated around horizontal courses between floors. Salts and discolouration are visible around much of the horizontal masonry, however it appears to be worse on the ground and first floors where algae and vegetation growth is also visible.”
