All that remains of Duke Street Prison on the East End of Glasgow. Originally opened in 1798, it finally closed in 1957 and was demolished shortly afterwards. It was an early example of the Separate System introduced in the early 19th Century which was based around keeping prisoners in solitary confinement.
In 1882, Duke Street became a women's prison when male prisoners were moved to the newly built Barlinnie Prison. It was here that many Scottish suffragettes were imprisoned during their campaign for equal voting rights. When the prison was being demolished, a cast-iron umbrella stand painted in the suffragette colours which was rescued and is now housed in the Glasgow Women's Library in Bridgeton.
The former Duke Street Hospital in the East End of Glasgow. Built in 1904, it features some rather elegant French Renaissance style detailing and was designed by Alfred Hessel Tiltman.
This is a beautiful, if rather unusual tenement for Glasgow, especially with its French Renaissance style corner 'dome'. It's on Duke Street in the Dennistoun area of Glasgow.
Looking up Hunter Street from Duke Street in the East End of Glasgow. The corner tenement dates from 1897 and designed by John Cunningham. The one further up the street was built in 1902 and was designed by John Gordon. In the distance are a series of warehouses.