I ran into this cute little guy on the base of an arch above a side entrance to the Gothic Revival Coats Memorial Church in Paisley. I love it when I stumble across architectural details like this.
I haven't posted much under my Animals in Glasgow's Architecture theme lately, so here's a couple of rather beautifully sculpted dolphin fish emerging from a balustrade on an early 1900s Elizabethan style villa in the Kelvinside area of Glasgow.
I love this animal sculpture on the former Whiteinch Public Baths in Glasgow. It's one of a pair surrounding the city's coat of arms, and I presume it's an otter or a seal. The whiskers are especially good.
I spotted this cute little dragon tucked into the stonework above a door of the former Trinity Congregational Church on Claremont Street in Glasgow. The church was designed by John Honeyman in a Late Gothic style and was built in 1864.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this beautifully carved phoenix nestled into the eaves of the French Gothic former Deaf And Dumb Institute building on Prospecthill Grove on the city's southside
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this wonderful little dragon nestled into a corner above a doorway of Cottiers in the West End of the city. This former church was designed by William Leiper and was built in the 1860s, but this dragon looks like it's a newer addition.
Love this beautifully sinuous animalistic brass door pull on a Victorian townhouse in the west end of Glasgow. I've no idea if it's original or not, but it looks like it's been there for some time.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this cute little dragon nestled in the stonework around the door of the former Anderston Free Church (now the Gilmorehill Centre) on University Avenue in Glasgow.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this rather cute little crocodile hiding in the canopy of the drinking fountain at the entrance to Alexandra Park in the east end of the city.
A forgotten lion. Set in the gable of an old servant's quarters behind a grand Victorian Terrace in the Park area of Glasgow, this once-magnificent and functional big cat has unfortunately seen better days.
I love this bird tucked away round the back of the Renfield Saint Stephen's Church on Bath Street. I wonder how many people pass it every day as they walk along Holland Street and don't even realise it's there.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this rather beautiful grotesque from a handrail on J.J. Burnet's 1906 stable and servant's quarters at 1 Park Gardens Lane in the west end of the city.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this fantastic griffin handle to cast iron greek urn. The urn itself is the finial on a newel post outside a townhouse on Woodlands Terrace in the west end of the city.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this magnificent wild boar on the former Kelvinside Artistic Stationery Works on Herbert Street. The quality of pointing's not quite so good!
Today's animals from Glasgow's architecture are this pair of cute little eagles peeking out of the foliage of a Corinthian capital on the Liverpool and London and Global Insurance Building on Saint Vincent Street in the city centre.
I have a new favourite lion in Glasgow's architecture and it's this one from the keystone of an arch on the Norwich Union Chambers at 125 Saint Vincent Street. I just love that piercing stare and the motion of the roar which has been captured by the sculptor.
Sleeping lions guarding the entrance to the Hamilton Mausoleum. This mausoleum was built in the mid-1800s for Alexander, the 10th Duke of Hamilton. The pair of male lions by David Bryce are just sublime.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this wonderful little dragon nestled amongst the foliage around the entrance of what was originally the Anderston Free Chuch, but is now the Gillmorehill Centre of Glasgow University.
Today's animal from Glasgow's architecture is this slightly grumpy-looking dolphinfish above the door of the Former Northern Assurance Building at 90 Saint Vincent Street.