The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel was designed by architects, J.Thomson & R.Sandilands as a private residence, 'Rhuadsgeir', at 11 Sherbrooke Avenue. Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Springkell Avenue faade of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
Pollokshields Burgh Hall, which was gifted to the district by Sir John Stirling Maxwell
It is a beautiful example of Edwardian domestic architecture, retaining all its original exterior features in pristine condition. Rowan, 1892
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website. View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
A favourite literary device was the metaphor of infestation, whether by rats, street gangs, immigrants or socialists, to illustrate Glasgow's crowded and corrosive slum environment. 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
I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
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This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. 'Kelmscott' is an out-of-the ordinary villa situated in Springkell Avenue, close to the Sherbooke Castle Hotel. Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
Front view of Haggs Castle, 1933
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
Moonlight over Pollokshields Burgh Hall
'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 Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station.
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. 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.
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.
There were also trees planted on the kerbsides of the broad avenues to add to the overall greenery and give some spectacular autumn colour.
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."
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.
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Their drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1896. Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
Exhibition drawing of 'Matheran' at corner of Sherbrooke Avenue and Springkell Avenue
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Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
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. 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."
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
In and around Pollokshields are five primary schools (Pollokshields Primary on Albert Drive; Glendale Primary and Glendale Gaelic School on a shared campus located on the south edge of Pollokshields; St. Albert's Primary to the west; and the private Craigholme School for Girls on Nithsdale Road) and four secondary schools (Bellahouston Academy, located on the western edge of Pollokshields at the M77 motorway; Shawlands Academy, in the Shawlands area approximately a mile south of Pollokshields; Craigholme School Secondary on St Andrews Drive, an extension of the nursery and primary schools; and Hutchesons Grammar School, a private school with its senior school campus in Pollokshields, and its junior and pre-school campus nearby.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
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It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier.
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Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
Haggs Castle in St Andrew's Drive was originally built as a defensive tower house in the 1580's.
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Doorway at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, flanked by carved figures
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G.
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.
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Photograph of newly built Sherbrooke Church, 1900
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'Matheran' was occupied by the Glasgow School of Occupational Therapy before reverting to residential use at the end of 2002. 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.
Rowan, 1892
Haggs Castle in St Andrew's Drive was originally built as a defensive tower house in the 1580's.
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.
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in. [13][14], The Church of St Albert the Great in Pollokshields was originally built for a congregation of the United Presbyterian Church.
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
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View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G. The jury of nine women and six men heard that Mr Donald had been singled out by Imran Shahid, 29, known as "Baldy", after Shahid had been hit with a bottle or glass at Victoria's nightclub on Sauchiehall Street in central Glasgow the previous evening.
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
Trees growing alongside the pavements of Pollokshields
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre. 1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Detached villa, built 1886, as part of later development in Avenues west of St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields
Many well-known Glaswegian architects contributed to its development, and it contains villas by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson among others. The Sherbrooke Castle Hotel was designed by architects, J.Thomson & R.Sandilands as a private residence, 'Rhuadsgeir', at 11 Sherbrooke Avenue.
Photograph of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 2014
Rear view of Haggs Castle and associated outbuildings on the old road from Pollokshaws to Govan
Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
Design for a Double villa at Pollokshields, c.1858
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.
Design for a Double villa at Pollokshields, c.1858
It is a beautiful example of Edwardian domestic architecture, retaining all its original exterior features in pristine condition.
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.
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns. Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
This photograph of Kelmscott from 2014 shows how well preserved the villa has been over the last hundred-plus years. View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
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Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'.
After all, there was an operation based on drug running, extortion rackets, car ringing and credit card scams that was there to be defended. Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
It then became a private dwelling before assuming its current use as a mosque. View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier.
Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
Illustration of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 1904
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
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 Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
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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
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878.
Public green space was provided by Maxwell Park which opened in 1890.
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style.
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.
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. This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
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.
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
It then became a private dwelling before assuming its current use as a mosque.
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.
Photograph of 'Norwoodville', Pollokshields, 2017
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Pollokshields in Glasgow City (Scotland) is a city located in United Kingdom about 344 mi (or 554 km) north-west of London, the country's capital town. Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
Pollokshields arms carved into stonework over entrance to Burgh Hall, with date of 1890
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 is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre. It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
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.
The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns.
'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. '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'. There were no licensed premises permitted in either district.
It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of 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.
Sherbrooke Castle Hotel
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
'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'.
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
The garden shrubbery had just recently been planted, with the trees being mere saplings. 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. Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. 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.
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue. Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904.
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
'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.
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers. I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
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.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
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.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Interior of 'Madrasa Taleem Ul Islam' mosque, Pollokshields
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
Tracery on window of Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
Five men of Pakistani descent, also from Pollokshields, were later jailed for the crime, four receiving life sentences. A detailed study of the development of the railway at this location can be found at the Pollokshields Stations section of this website.
1905 view of tramcar on route from Gordon Street to Pollokshields
1926 view of semi-detached house at Pollokshields, now demolished
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive. Kriss is gone because of gangs, not just in Pollokshields but every area of our communities." It emerged yesterday that Mohammed Sarwar, the Pakistani-born MP who represents the Pollokshields.
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
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. Architect's elevation of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1910
It shows that the 'as-built' version was very close to that envisioned by the architect in the perspective drawing displayed two years earlier. Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
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.
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre. 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 stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
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When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891. Neighbours got the word out, and very quickly the community, tenants groups, and anti-eviction groups .
Clifford's exhibition drawing of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 1900
", Despite such polarisation he surprisingly reveals that the majority of "Young Shields" confrontations were with fellow Asians. There are several contributions by contemporaries of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, including a series of good 'Glasgow style' tenements by the architect Harry Clifford, who was also responsible for the 'A' listed Pollokshields Burgh Hall, in Scottish Baronial style which was inaugurated in 1890, with Maxwell Park.
Pollokshields arms carved into stonework over entrance to Burgh Hall, with date of 1890
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
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.
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The map above shows Pollokshields consisting of a few rows of dwellings situated alongside the Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal and the railway lines west of Shields Road.
Pollokshields Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station. 'Inchgarvie' Sherbrooke Avenue, Pollokshields
My message to the kids I work with is that they need to get a job or an education. Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway. Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
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 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 offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
'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 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. Cemetery.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website. East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road. It was insisted upon that the villas of Pollokshields were all built to different plans.
Its modern boundaries are largely man-made, being formed by the M77 motorway to the west and northwest with the open land of Pollok Country Park and the Dumbreck neighbourhood beyond, by the Inverclyde Line railway and other branches which separate its territory from the .
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
The first phase of the development progressed over the next 25 years, leading to Pollokshields acheiving the status of an independent burgh for a short period from 1876 to 1891, after which it became part of the city of Glasgow.
Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984.
Doorway at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, flanked by carved figures
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
Nearby you can find 'Inchgarvie', another large villa designed by Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers around the same time as 'Matheran'.
The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns.
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
Architect's elevation of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1910
Pollokshields arms carved into stonework over entrance to Burgh Hall, with date of 1890
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.
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Architect's drawing of 'Ardtornish', Sutherland Avenue Pollokshields, 1893
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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.
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Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902.
'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.
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
The first two gang members Daanish Zahid and Zahid Mohammed were found guilty of murder and abduction in December 2004. In order to protect the safety, public health and well-being of all people involved in the detention and subsequent protest in Kenmure Street, Pollokshields, today, Police Scotland has, following a suitable risk assessment, taken the operational decision to release the men detained by UK Immigration Enforcement back into their community meantime.