The splendid "Doge's Palace" facade of Templeton's carpet factory facing into Glasgow Green which was built in 1892. There is a well-known tale that the building was so highly ornamented because of the Corporation's insistence on this for any factory build facing the Green. However, the official company explanation is that it was built in such an elaborate fashion in commemoration of the founder, James Templeton, who died in 1885. Indeed, a plaque indicating this was included inside on the ground floor. Designed by William Leiper, and executed in polychromatic brick, it is now a listed building.