George Barlas & Co.

Masons

George Barlas was a director of the Master Masons' Association of Glasgow and Neighbourhood. 1 Work carried out by his firm included a Board School at Greenock (designed by H. & D. Barclay), Hyndland Parish Church, Shawlands Parish Church (designed by John Burnet, Son & Campbell), and St Bride's, Partick. 2 He was a member of the Geological Society of Glasgow, and presented an unusual specimen of quartz from a quarry at Bridge of Weir to the Hunterian Museum. 3

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Notes:

1: Glasgow Post Office Directory, 1905–6.

2: Glasgow Herald, 16 January 1885, p. 4; 23 April 1887, p. 10; 13 May 1889. p.9; and 26 September 1896, p. 9.

3: Glasgow Herald, 11 April 1896, p. 8.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.