RW Forsyth

Forsyth moved to Glasgow in 1862 where he set up business selling socks, gloves and shirts on Renfield Street, opposite Central Station.

The roof was raised a storey and mansarded, the corner taken out, a Corinthian dome with a caryatid attic inserted, and the interior replanned diagonally, leading to a magnificent quarter-circle stairwell on which the clientele could venerate the bronze bust of the founder.

Also at the corner, and forming part of windowed aedicules at the second floor, are flanking tympanum relief sculptures of a longhaired figure driving a quadriga with an F (for Forsyth) on the front of the chariot.

[10] On top of the corner tower sits a gigantic partly gilded steel sculpture of armillary sphere decorated with the signs of the zodiac and with three dancing putti, designed by the English sculptor Gilbert Bayes.

[11] An extension, including a bridge over Meuse Lane and a new building at 3 St Andrew Square, designed by the architects Burnet, Son & Dick, was built in 1925.

Designed by Messrs Sir John Burnet, Tait and Lorne, this building was said to rank among the finest examples of British shop architecture at the time.

This colossal purpose-built factory, located in Cathcart on the south side of Glasgow, was designed by the prolific and illustrious architect J.J. Burnett in partnership with Norman Aitken Dick.

With a design inspired by the American 'garden factory' model, as well as modern architectural features, the company also established progressive employment practises providing extensive rest, recreational and entertainment facilities for its large workforce.

R W Forsyth by William Reid Dick, People's Palace, Glasgow
The original R W Forsyth at the corner of Renfield Street and Gordon Street in Glasgow built at a cost of £25,000
The grave of R W Forsyth, Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow
By Appointment to HM The Queen
Princes Street, Edinburgh
RW Forsyth, Princes Street, Edinburgh
3 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. Designed for RW Forsyth by the eminent practice of Burnet, Son and Dick, 1923-5
RW Forsyth, Regent Street, London
Forsyth's Globe, Princes Street, Edinburgh
Mr RW Forsyth, as featured in 'The Bailie' in 1897