A planning application has been approved to transform the building at 4 to 16 Turnbull Street into 31 homes.
Documents reveal the plan to “retain, clean and repoint the existing red ashlar stone and red brick” and create “beautiful residential apartments, providing stylish contemporary living”.
The existing building opened in 1906, as Glasgow District Court, Central Police Office and the Police Museum but has been empty for over a decade.
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It is comprised primarily of offices, a court hall, cells, recreation and reception areas, built around a courtyard.
The papers state that on the outside, nature has begun to take over with plants and ivy spreading over the elevations and gutters. Some openings have been boarded up and all remaining windows are failing with water ingress present throughout.
Meanwhile, the inside is in a very poor state. There are missing floors, failing joists, collapsed ceilings and general rubble spread in all rooms.
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Applicant Detail Residential proposed to create 31 flats. The one- to four-bed homes will span across five floors – including the basement, ground and upper ground floors.
The courtyard will be maintained as a local green space and bicycle storage will also be created.
