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Glasgow - A Portrait Wee Book of Glasgow


Photographs of buildings in Pollokshaws

 on the South Side of Glasgow

Pollokshaws Burgh Hall

Pollokshaws Burgh Hall


 

Pollockshaws 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. 

 


Pollokshaws Burgh Hall

Pollokshaws Burgh Hall



Pollokshaws Burgh Hall

Pollokshaws Burgh Hall





Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall

Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall





Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall

Old postcard of Pollokshaws Town Hall





John Maxwell School in Pollokshaws

John Maxwell School in Pollokshaws



St. Andrew's Print Works in Pollokshaws

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.






St. Andrew's Print Works in Pollokshaws

St. Andrew's Print Works in Pollokshaws






Pollokshaws Railway Station

Pollokshaws Railway Station



Railway Bridge at Pollokshaws over the White Cart River

Railway Bridge at Pollokshaws

over the White Cart River





The Round Toll - built in 1754

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

Pollokshaws as it used to be






Pollokshaws as it used to be

Pollokshaws as it used to be




Pollokshaws as it used to be

Pollokshaws as it used to be





Pollokshaws Baths

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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