City of Glasgow

Shawlands Academy

 on Pollokshaws Road

Shawlands Academy is a long-established school

that dates from 1857

 when there was a private school

 of the same name located nearby

 in Skirving Street.

 The present school opened in 1894

 in the neighbouring building housing

 Shawlands Primary School.

Former Waverley Picture House

 at Shawlands Cross

The Waverley Picture House

opened on 25th December 1922.

The building has a red sandstone exterior,

with a corner entrance that is topped by a dome.

Inside the auditorium,

there is a barrel roof ceiling and columns along the walls.

There was a tea-room

which was very popular in the early years.

It 1928 a Christie 2Manual theatre organ was fitted.

It was taken over by Associated British Cinemas( ABC )

from September 1929.

The Christie theatre organ was removed

from the building in 1953.

The Waverley Picture House was re-named ABC in 1964.

The ABC was closed on 31st March 1973.

It was converted into a bingo club

and then from 1982 it became a snooker club

which continued until the late 1990’s.

The building then stood derelict until 2002

when it was sold to the GI Group

for conversion into a bar / nightclub / restaurant

which opened as ‘Tusk’.

On 17th June 1992,

Historic Scotland designated the ABC

a Grade B Listed building.

On 25th November 1993,

the exterior of the building was upgraded

to a Grade A Listed building.

Millbrae Crescent in Langside

Millbrae Crescent provides numerous examples
 of category "A" listed buildings
 thought to be designed by Alexander "Greek" Thomson.

The street comprises an elegant row
 of two-storey terraced houses
 built using blonde sandstone
 and exemplifying Thomson's typical use
 of Egyptian-derived columns and ornamentation.