Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Rowan, 1892
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. Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Exhibition Drawing of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1903
Their drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1896.
(June 2015) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Alison Thewliss MP for Glasgow Central.
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. Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
This service is self-referral for G41 households who currently are unable to afford food.
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983. This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. The site of the building was donated by Sir John Maxwell, along with an annuity of 100 in perpetuity to "the clergyman of the first Episcopal Church that should be built and consecrated on his lands or on lands adjacent to his." View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
'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.
Nisbet's exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1903.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
The extensive garden suburb of Pollokshields was developed on land owned for centuries by the Maxwells of Pollok in the parish of Govan in the county of Renfrewshire.
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
Trees growing alongside the pavements of Pollokshields
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1905
The site of the building was donated by Sir John Maxwell, along with an annuity of 100 in perpetuity to "the clergyman of the first Episcopal Church that should be built and consecrated on his lands or on lands adjacent to his."
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
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. Haggs Castle in St Andrew's Drive was originally built as a defensive tower house in the 1580's.
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
One of the more significant residential developments outwith this style is a group of seven 1960s brutalist eight-storey cube-shaped blocks on either side of St Andrew's Drive (west of Shields Road) and an 'L'-shaped complex of contemporary deck-access flats, managed by the Southside Housing Association and refurbished in the 2010s. The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
It is a beautiful example of Edwardian domestic architecture, retaining all its original exterior features in pristine condition.
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.
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
The aerial view shows South Bank completely overwhelmed - surrounded by Shields Railway Depot and modern housing developments.
The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878. Rear view of Haggs Castle and associated outbuildings on the old road from Pollokshaws to Govan
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.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891. He was born into a respectable family, his father was educated and making a living as a barber.
No two villas were permitted to be exactly alike. Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1905
'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
The vantage point for the image would have been situated somewhere around the farmhouse at "Shiels", shown in the map below.
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But after a long struggle they were caught.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
Exhibition Drawing of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 1903
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive 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.
Clifford's exhibition drawing of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 1900
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
The stories are legion, including cutting the thumb off a rival, putting it into a glass of milk and forcing him to drink it or hiring hit men from London to shoot up the shop owned by a man ready to testify against them.
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
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.
'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. Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
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Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Rowan, 1892
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive.
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 foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Email agent. Rear view of Haggs Castle and associated outbuildings on the old road from Pollokshaws to Govan
A detailed study of the development of the railway at this location can be found at the Pollokshields Stations section of this website.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
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Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G. 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.
'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, August 2016
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
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The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
'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 example, below, of early semi-detached houses in Pollokshields shows that the original dwellings were much more modest in size and in the extent of their garden grounds compared to those which would come later.
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style. University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
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.
His design drawings were exhibited at the annual exhibition of the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1875.
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
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. Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
'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.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track. 'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002.
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Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
Front view of Haggs Castle, 1933
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Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G.
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Pollokshields Burgh Hall, which was gifted to the district by Sir John Stirling Maxwell
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