| The Beresford | |
|---|---|
 Main facade of The Beresford looking onto Sauchiehall Street | |
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| Former names | The Beresford Hotel The ICI Building Baird Hall of Residence |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | Art Deco/Streamline Moderne |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Address | 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LN (Post code at time of use as Student Halls-Baird Hall, this was deleted/struck from the register by the UK Post Office after closure and change of use and purpose and is no longer visible online, there are now a number of individual residential post codes associated with the apartments within this building) |
| Coordinates | 55°51′58.4″N 4°16′4.7″W / 55.866222°N 4.267972°W |
| Completed | 1938 |
| Owner | 112 privately owned flats (small apartments with open plan kitchen - living area and sleeping all in line of sight, compact shower closet and toilet with wash hand basin, generally regarded as weekday sleeping accommodation for office workers taking weekends away at a home outside the city of Glasgow) |
| Height | |
| Roof | 30.2 metres (99 ft)(estimated) |
| Top floor | 10 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 10 |
| Lifts/elevators | 2 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Beresford Inglis |
The Beresford is a former hotel situated at 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It opened in 1938 to provide accommodation for those attending the city's Empire Exhibition and was often described as Glasgow's first skyscraper, being the tallest building erected in Glasgow between the two world wars, at seven storeys high. It is one of the city's most notable examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture,[1] and is protected as a category B listed building.[2] The first public address by the young John F. Kennedy was delivered in the hotel in 1939.[3]
- ^ "The Glasgow Story - Beresford Hotel". Theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "460, 468 Sauchiehall Street, Baird Hall of Residence (Category B Listed Building) (LB33195)". Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49557543 [bare URL]