_2191 Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow "<p>Italianate, 'palazzo' style building; designed by Charles Wilson. Finely sculpted masks of legal figures forming keystones to the window arches outside and richly decorated interior. Members law library which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2017 on upper floor.<\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Faculty of Procurators (or lawyers) in Glasgow has been in existence since before 1668. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The building, into which the Faculty and its library moved in 1857, is a two-storeyed building with three fa\ufffdades designed by the architect Charles Wilson (1810-1863) in the style of a Venetian Palazzo. Wilson is also responsible for some of Glasgow\ufffds finest Italianate buildings. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The keystones to the arches, depicting the faces of eminent lawyers, were modelled by Alexander Handyside Ritchie and carved by James Shanks. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>There are a number of different rooms within the building including \ufffd the Faculty Hall which has been used for a variety of purposes over the years, including auctions and Royal Faculty lunches. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Small Library with its \ufffdbicentenary window\ufffd commissioned from John K. Clark for the Royal Faculty\ufffds bicentenary in 1996 and mortification boards around the balcony commemorating bequests to the Royal Faculty\ufffds charitable funds. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Main Library which was described in the Glasgow Herald of 12 June 1857 as "one of the most exquisite halls in the West of Scotland". Nine busts of former members of the Faculty and other notables add character to the library. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The building houses an extremely important collection of legal texts and is still used as a working space by solicitors and advocates, consequently it is usually only open to members.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span>www.rfpg.org<\/span><\/p><p><span><span>facebook.com\/rfpg2<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span>twitter.com\/rfpg2<\/span><\/p>" Organization "<p>Italianate, 'palazzo' style building; designed by Charles Wilson. Finely sculpted masks of legal figures forming keystones to the window arches outside and richly decorated interior. Members law library which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2017 on upper floor.<\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Faculty of Procurators (or lawyers) in Glasgow has been in existence since before 1668. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The building, into which the Faculty and its library moved in 1857, is a two-storeyed building with three fa\ufffdades designed by the architect Charles Wilson (1810-1863) in the style of a Venetian Palazzo. Wilson is also responsible for some of Glasgow\ufffds finest Italianate buildings. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The keystones to the arches, depicting the faces of eminent lawyers, were modelled by Alexander Handyside Ritchie and carved by James Shanks. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>There are a number of different rooms within the building including \ufffd the Faculty Hall which has been used for a variety of purposes over the years, including auctions and Royal Faculty lunches. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Small Library with its \ufffdbicentenary window\ufffd commissioned from John K. Clark for the Royal Faculty\ufffds bicentenary in 1996 and mortification boards around the balcony commemorating bequests to the Royal Faculty\ufffds charitable funds. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The Main Library which was described in the Glasgow Herald of 12 June 1857 as "one of the most exquisite halls in the West of Scotland". Nine busts of former members of the Faculty and other notables add character to the library. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span class="ack"><span class="ack"><span>The building houses an extremely important collection of legal texts and is still used as a working space by solicitors and advocates, consequently it is usually only open to members.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span>www.rfpg.org<\/span><\/p><p><span><span>facebook.com\/rfpg2<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><span>twitter.com\/rfpg2<\/span><\/p>" 55.86228 -4.25445