The Savings Bank

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Title

The Savings Bank

Description

This former savings bank with fine Victorian features is now a beautifully-restored events space. The Savings Bank will tip its hat to its former owners and offer visitors a range of refreshments from virtuous teas and Greek platters to cocktails that will keep you royally flushed.

Construction of the current premises began in 1888 with the vision of transforming a simple hatters shop into a radical new savings bank that would work to put pennies back into the pockets of Glasgow�s working class. The Victorian building features a host of architectural curiosities from a large neoclassical dome to intimate brass-work, carvings and glazed tiling.


After a change in ownership The Savings Bank went on to become a raucous Greek restaurant and then a notorious Southside poker den, each iteration leaving its unique mark on the building.


Over Doors Open, The Savings Bank will tip its hat to its former owners and offer visitors a range of refreshments from virtuous teas, Greek platters and cocktails to keep you royally flushed.

Music and Tours will transport you to a Victorian Laurieston and illuminate the architectural history of the building which is currently in use as an events venue run by Glasgow's favourite events company, Inhouse.

Source

glasgow

Date

1888

Type

Museum

Identifier

2307

Spatial Coverage

current,55.85347,-4.258158;

Museum Item Type Metadata

Street

67 Bridge Street

Place

Glasgow

IsNewThisYear

No

ArchitectName

John Gordon

OpeningDate1

14/9/2018

OpeningDate2

16/9/2018

OpeningTime1

Fri-Sun 2pm-8pm

OpeningTime2

Tours: Sat-Sun 3pm & 6pm; 30 minutes

Activities

Doors Open Day September 2018:

Fri-Sun 1pm-5pm

Tours: Sat-Sun 2pm & 4pm; 30 minutes

??Booking not required

WC

Yes

DisabledWC

Yes

DisabledAccess

Yes

Refreshments

Yes

EventsForChildren

No

Parking

No

HearingLoop

No

LimitedAccess

No

NotAccessible

No

ID

14173

IsIncludedThisYear

No

Postcode

G5 9JB

Citation

“The Savings Bank,” Digital Open Doors, accessed November 5, 2024, https://ddo.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/2305.

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