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ADUPLEX apartment within Glasgow’s iconic A-listed Templeton Court offers a taste of New York loft living in sensational style as this home has been designed and remodelled using only the finest materials and bespoke finishes.
It has also been rewired, replumbed and soundproofed, while unexpected extras include a hidden poker room, cleverly concealed behind a bookcase.
Add in a bespoke fitted kitchen, engineered hardwood flooring, custom made spiral staircase, metalwork, and sliding glass fire doors, amazing bathrooms (including a micro-cement tub and solid marble basins) and fittings by top brand names such as Elica, Buster & Punch, and Farrow & Ball, and you begin get a feel for this apartment’s inimitable design and investment.
Templeton Court was designed by Glasgow architect William Leiper, who drew inspiration from Venice’s Palazzo Ducale (better known as the Doge’s Palace) when he designed the elaborate Gothic façade, decorative brick, and glass mosaic – a façade designed to conceal the industrial interior of Templeton’s carpet factory.
The building was readapted to create modern loft-style apartments in 2007, and this particular one has an upgraded specification that makes it unique. Oak herringbone parquet flooring extends throughout, uniting the cleverly conceived living spaces, while a lofty L-shaped entrance hall culminates in a floor-toceiling internal glazed screen highlighting leafy views beyond.
The heart of the home is an open plan, light filled kitchen and living room, the former with a wall of cabinetry and a long central island topped with a concrete worktop.
Banks of metal-framed windows rising in height to over 16ft, frame views of the park – there is also a reading space in the curved western nook.
A bespoke metal circular staircase
rises to a spacious mezzanine level above the kitchen, which combines supporting structural elements for a second bedroom – an adaptable space, as a library or party room, where masked amongst the wall of bookcases is a hidden jib door, which gives access to the poker room; a secret space easily adapted to various uses.
A luxurious main suite, created from what was two double bedrooms, continues the apartment’s rich colour palette – the en suite shower lies behind a pocket door and is lined in micro-cement, while a second bathroom with bespoke, hand-crafted bath and contemporary black fittings sits off the hallway.
Templeton Court is adjacent to Glasgow Green, the city’s oldest park which stretches over 130 acres, alongside the river Clyde – a lovely area which also offers recreation grounds and sports pitches
– and the People’s Palace, a museum dedicated to the people of Glasgow and how they lived, worked, and played.
The area has an abundance of cafés, restaurants, and bars. Within Templeton Court, West Brewery is a place to enjoy artisan lagers and wheat beers.
Also nearby is Barrowlands, the legendary dance hall and music venue.
New York loft- living Glasgow style, this exceptional apartment is for sale at offers over £285,000 with Vanilla Square in Glasgow.