Pollokshaws Burgh Hall |
Pollokshaws
Burgh Hall
Described as "the stateliest and most conspicuous building in Pollokshaws". The Burgh Hall was gifted to Pollokshaws by Sir John Stirling Maxwell. It was designed by architect Robert Rowand Anderson in
the Scots Baronial style and opened in
1898.
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Pollokshaws
Burgh Hall
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Pollokshaws Burgh Hall |
Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall |
Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall |
John
Maxwell School in Pollokshaws
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St. Andrew's
Print Works in Pollokshaws
St
Andrew's Print Works is category B-listed and on the Buildings at Risk Register. Since
it was built in 1899, the building has been subdivided, demolished and altered. The
building was opened by the Glasgow Corporation Electricity Department as the St. Andrew’s Cross Electricity Works. It
was originally a coal-fired generating station until generation ceased
on-site in 1922. Part of the building was then demolished. What
was left, was split into two separate occupancies in 1937 with one part being sold to what is now Glasgow City Council and converted into a printing works. This
part of the building, known as the Printing Works, was used for
printing and as an archive storage facility for planning records. The
building was bought by Spectrum Properties (Scotland) Ltd
from City Property and is expected to be redeveloped. |
Pollokshaws
Railway Station
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Railway
Bridge at Pollokshaws
over the White Cart River |
The Round Toll
- built in 1754
Tolls were charged to pay for road maintenance - keepers lived in the toll houses. |
Pollokshaws
as it used to be
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Pollokshaws
as it used to be
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Pollokshaws
as it used to be
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Pollokshaws
Baths
The red brick building was designed and constructed as a baths and wash-house around 1920 by Glagow Corporation's Office of Public Works. It was converted into Pollokshaws Sports Centre in the 1980s. |
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