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The Beresford

Originally built as the Beresford Hotel in 1937 is now divided into 112 privately owned flats. It is situated at 460 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. 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 10 storeys high. It is one of the city's most notable examples of Art Deco/Streamline Moderne architecture and is protected as a category B listed building.

The architect, William Beresford Inglis, of Weddell & Inglis, was also the hotel's owner and managing director. The hotel became a favourite rendezvous for American servicemen during the Second World War.

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