Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
The exhibition drawings of the two massive villas were displayed side-by-side at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904.
'Ardtornish' was designed by James Miller in an Anglified Arts & Crafts style, very different from his later Chicago inspired commercial architecture which graced Glasgow city centre in the inter-war years of the twentieth century.
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Cemetery. From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company.
University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
Their drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1896. Michael. Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
Drawing of 'Rhuadsgeir', later Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, 1896
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Design for a Double villa at Pollokshields, c.1858
In 1982 a decision was taken to sell it on the open market. At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984.
'Kelmscott' is an out-of-the ordinary villa situated in Springkell Avenue, close to the Sherbooke Castle Hotel.
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
Reduced on 17/02/2023 by Corum, Shawlands. The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern.
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
Corner view of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
Clifford's exhibition drawing of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 1900
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
Rowan and built in 1878
It was formally opened on April 18th, 1903 and is currently used by Hutchesons Grammar School as the 'Fotheringay Centre', a theatre/ concert hall with ancillary accommodation for lectures and seminars.
Their role models are people are who are involved in drugs and who drive around in fancy cars.
Public green space was provided by Maxwell Park which opened in 1890.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
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The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
This photograph of the house was taken in 1905, just after its completion. It then became a private dwelling before assuming its current use as a mosque.
The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns.
The architect, John Nisbet, skilfully fused elements of the then fashionable Arts and Crafts style with the familiar Scots Baronial style to seen throught West Pollokshields.
Communion Table at Pollokshields Parish Church, designed by William Gardner Rowan, 1912
An unexpected feature of the Tramway is a surviving equestrian staircase which led to 8 stables on the first floor with 36 horses per stable. The architect, John Nisbet, skilfully fused elements of the then fashionable Arts and Crafts style with the familiar Scots Baronial style to seen throught West Pollokshields.
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft. Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
Rowan, 1892
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
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View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002.
It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier.
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Pollokshields arms carved into stonework over entrance to Burgh Hall, with date of 1890
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
St Ninian's Episcopal Church at the corner of Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road was designed by architect David Thomson (1831-1910), who was also responsible for many of the tenement blocks of East Pollokshields.
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
Rowan and built in 1878
Rowan and built in 1878
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
This earliest part of Pollokshields was redeveloped in the late 1960's and early 1970's when the old houses were replaced with blocks of flats. It was formally opened on April 18th, 1903 and is currently used by Hutchesons Grammar School as the 'Fotheringay Centre', a theatre/ concert hall with ancillary accommodation for lectures and seminars. East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. There is Sherbrooke Ave/Sherbrooke Dr/Sherbrooke Gdns,again covering a wide area.
Trees growing alongside the pavements of Pollokshields
Interior of 'Madrasa Taleem Ul Islam' mosque, Pollokshields
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft. The original horse tram depot at Copelawhill was built in stages from 1894 to the designs of W. Clark with trams garaged at ground level and stabling for the horses on the first floor.
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Exhibition Drawing of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1903
The future site of the large houses in the planned garden suburb is shown on the map as "(Part of) Titwood", around a steading named "Haggbowse"
Photograph of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 2014
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
1926 view of semi-detached house at Pollokshields, now demolished
'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
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It then became a private dwelling before assuming its current use as a mosque.
No two villas were permitted to be exactly alike.
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882. Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'. Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'.
It was formally opened on April 18th, 1903 and is currently used by Hutchesons Grammar School as the 'Fotheringay Centre', a theatre/ concert hall with ancillary accommodation for lectures and seminars.
The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878. From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company. Photograph of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 2014
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company.
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
The area east of Shields Road was a separate burgh, East Pollokshields, which was developed with upmarket tenemental housing.
From 1872, prior to the establishment of the municipal transport system, horse drawn trams had been operated in by the Glasgow Tramway and Omnibus Company. View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern.
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
There were no apologies. Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984.
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
Architect's elevation of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1910
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
But Baldy and co's trademark violence and gangsterism isn't the only explanation for Kriss Donald's death.
'Matheran' is one of the largest and finest villas in the area, situated on a commanding site at the corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue. This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
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'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002. Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Contact me, Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side. Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
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There were no licensed premises permitted in either district. The prosecution said four of the men then drove their captive on a 200-mile journey via Motherwell and Dundee, phoning friends and underworld associates for advice about what to do next; their journey was traced for the court by tracking some 200 mobile telephone calls.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Memorials.
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
The Corporation had decided in 1897 to convert the tram system to electric traction and the following year the Springburn route was the first to be electrified.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
Drawings of the ruins of Haggs Castle before restoration
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It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
Aerial view of "South Bank" and surrounding modern developments
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. St Ninian's Episcopal Church at the corner of Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road was designed by architect David Thomson (1831-1910), who was also responsible for many of the tenement blocks of East Pollokshields.
The body of the church was was destroyed by fire in 1988, leaving the east window (below) as the last remaining part of the building. Much coverage focused on the jubilant, communal atmosphere families celebrating the first day of Eid joined seasoned activists, a pop-up tuck shop was established in a bus stop, and local Pollokshields businesses donated food and water to protesters.
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
In 1849 Sir John Maxwell commissioned the noted architect David Rhind to draw up a Feuing Plan for the development of fields of Shiels Farm.
20 Is pollokshields posh? View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Architect, H.E. This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
[10] At that time most of a larger deck-access complex on the south side of the road[11] constructed in two adjoining 'T' shapes[12] was demolished in stages to be replaced by new properties.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church at the corner of Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road was designed by architect David Thomson (1831-1910), who was also responsible for many of the tenement blocks of East Pollokshields.
Clifford's exhibition drawing of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 1900
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1905
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
The garden shrubbery had just recently been planted, with the trees being mere saplings.
its good to know that old fashioned workmanship is still around in Glasgow and traditional construction skills haven't been completely overtaken by the modern world.
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
Corner view of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
What is surprising is the number of multi-storey buildings and chimney stacks in the foreground, presumably in the Gorbals and surrounding districts.
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
This description of a train journey passing through Pollokshields in 1852 gives an impression of the area before and after the development of the sandstone villas.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
When you are inside you have time to read and find out more about Islam.". Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
The protest led to significant news coverage.[8].
St Ninian's was the south side's first Episcopal church, predating the much larger and grander St Margaret's in Newlands by half a century.
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
its good to know that old fashioned workmanship is still around in Glasgow and traditional construction skills haven't been completely overtaken by the modern world.
This photograph of the house was taken in 1905, just after its completion.
'Norwoodville' in Nithsdale Road is a typical Pollokshields style detached cream sandstone villa which has been converted for use as a mosque, known as 'Madrasa Taleem Ul Islam'.
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Corner view of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers. risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882.
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in. East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road. B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns.
1905 view of tramcar on route from Gordon Street to Pollokshields
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
There were no apologies.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Pollokshields was one of the first Garden Suburbs in Britain, with construction starting in 1851 on land owned by the Stirling Maxwell family of Pollok House.
Haggs Castle in St Andrew's Drive was originally built as a defensive tower house in the 1580's.
This earliest part of Pollokshields was redeveloped in the late 1960's and early 1970's when the old houses were replaced with blocks of flats.
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
Rev. East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road. Only in 1991 was the title transferred, with the condition that the derelict lodge house be restored within five years.
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882. The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel was designed by architects, J.Thomson & R.Sandilands as a private residence, 'Rhuadsgeir', at 11 Sherbrooke Avenue.
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
'Ardtornish' was designed by James Miller in an Anglified Arts & Crafts style, very different from his later Chicago inspired commercial architecture which graced Glasgow city centre in the inter-war years of the twentieth century.
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church at the corner of Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road was designed by architect David Thomson (1831-1910), who was also responsible for many of the tenement blocks of East Pollokshields. Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
These were not some variation on any of the half a dozen youth gangs in the Pollokshields area - they ran what might be called the Pakistani Mafia in Pollokshields.
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
As well as racist violence, the gangs also had a reputation for drug dealing, car theft,. The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
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Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
It had a number of different uses before returning to its present use as a private residence in 1998.
The original horse tram depot at Copelawhill was built in stages from 1894 to the designs of W. Clark with trams garaged at ground level and stabling for the horses on the first floor. If you are lucky enough to find a development plot for a new house in the Conservation Area, Glasgow City Council will ensure that it is built in the style of the existing properties surrounding it.
its good to know that old fashioned workmanship is still around in Glasgow and traditional construction skills haven't been completely overtaken by the modern world. First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
Trees growing alongside the pavements of Pollokshields
It then became a private dwelling before assuming its current use as a mosque. It was built as an up-market tenemental area of large flats with facilities such as shops and schools, which were lacking in the garden suburb.
'Matheran' is one of the largest and finest villas in the area, situated on a commanding site at the corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue.
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
The architect, John Nisbet, skilfully fused elements of the then fashionable Arts and Crafts style with the familiar Scots Baronial style to seen throught West Pollokshields.
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
The depot of the Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company had been situated in Tobago Street, Calton, close to Glasgow Green.
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern. Aerial view of Maxwell Square, the little park at the centre of East Pollokshields
'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002.
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier.
Architect, H.E.
'Ardtornish' was designed by James Miller in an Anglified Arts & Crafts style, very different from his later Chicago inspired commercial architecture which graced Glasgow city centre in the inter-war years of the twentieth century. 'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002.
Architect, H.E.
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website. Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 2014
The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel was designed by architects, J.Thomson & R.Sandilands as a private residence, 'Rhuadsgeir', at 11 Sherbrooke Avenue.
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern. Rowan and built in 1878
Illustration of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 1904
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
The Pollokshields heeled over to starboard, fast aground some 400 yards from shore. Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
The church was designed by W. F. McGibbon and was built in 1882. The original horse tram depot at Copelawhill was built in stages from 1894 to the designs of W. Clark with trams garaged at ground level and stabling for the horses on the first floor.
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
The body of the church was was destroyed by fire in 1988, leaving the east window (below) as the last remaining part of the building.
Corner view of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
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