Stone tenements are characteristic of housing in Glasgow — they have been part of the fabric of the city since the 19th century. Tenements were first

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Stone tenements are characteristic of housing in Glasgow — they have been part of the fabric of the city since the 19th century. Tenements were first built to house the huge influx of urban manual workers to the city during the industrial revolution of the Victorian era. These homes needed to be build to last and so the tenement was born. In fact, the tenement block next to the Heilen Jessie pub in the Gallowgate area of the city is home to the oldest standing tenement in Glasgow, thought to date back to around 1771!

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