It is over. 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. Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme. East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
This remnant can be viewed from Shields Road near the corner with Glencairn Drive. 25.
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
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.
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 2014
This photograph of Kelmscott from 2014 shows how well preserved the villa has been over the last hundred-plus years.
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie. At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track. Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
Entrance to 'Matheran' from Springkell Avenue, "AD 1903"
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
Eagle lectern at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
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.
This photograph of the house was taken in 1905, just after its completion. Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
Moonlight over Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
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 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.
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
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At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902. Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
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Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Corner view of 'Matheran', Pollokshields
Design for a Double villa at Pollokshields, c.1858
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Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
Altar and decorative panels at St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Pollokshields
Architect's elevation of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1910
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
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.
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904. This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. 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.
Rowan and built in 1878
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
The villa displays an unusual combination of materials, blending typical Scottish red sandstone with very English mock-Tudor timber detailing.
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Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
Doorway at Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, flanked by carved figures
It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
Interior views of Pollokshields Parish Church
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. Photograph of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 2014
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
Michael. 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.
First horse trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill. Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
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Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Alison Thewliss MP for Glasgow Central.
Communion Table at Pollokshields Parish Church, designed by William Gardner Rowan, 1912
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.
The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984. 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.
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
This earliest part of Pollokshields was redeveloped in the late 1960's and early 1970's when the old houses were replaced with blocks of flats.
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, Pollokshields
It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of Pollokshields.
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
The garden shrubbery had just recently been planted, with the trees being mere saplings.
The opening service for the church building was held on May 19, 1878.
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G.
It offered an interesting contrast to the leafy avenues of large villas in the burgh of 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. The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road. Drawing of 'Rhuadsgeir', later Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, 1896
The future site of the large houses in the planned garden suburb is shown on the map as "(Part of) Titwood", around a steading named "Haggbowse"
Pollokshields Congregational Church in Fotheringay Road was designed by architects Steele & Balfour in a modest Gothic style. Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Public green space was provided by Maxwell Park which opened in 1890.
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. The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
Architect's elevation of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1910
Illustration of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 1904
Rear view of Haggs Castle and associated outbuildings on the old road from Pollokshaws to Govan
Rowan and built in 1878
The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
There were also trees planted on the kerbsides of the broad avenues to add to the overall greenery and give some spectacular autumn colour. 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 UP Church, Leslie Street
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", Pollokshields
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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.
Drawing of 'Rhuadsgeir', later Sherbrooke Castle Hotel, 1896
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.
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern.
The former Copelawhill Tram Works and Depot was built on the land surrounding St Ninian's Episcopal Church in Albert Drive and Pollokshaws Road.
Drawing of "Kitchin's Corner", 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. The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers. Photograph of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 2014
Pollokshields Burgh Hall, which was gifted to the district by Sir John Stirling Maxwell
View of Glencairn Drive with Pollokshields Glencairn Church in the distance
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.
Photograph of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 2014
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
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.
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
Neighbouring East Pollokshields was however allowed the shops, schools and other classes of buildings you would expect to find in a typical Victorian neighbourhood.
This photograph shows the very first trams to be operated by Glasgow Corporation while in procession to the newly opened depot at Coplawhill.
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre. 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.
Pollokshields Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
Perspective drawing of Pollokshields Trinity UP Church by architect, W.G. 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."
University bound tramcar at junction of Nithsdale Road and St Andrew's Drive
Another church to be mysteriously destroyed by fire was Pollokshields UP Church in Leslie Street, East Pollokshields, which was burnt out in 1983.
I was delighted to present an illustrated talk as part of the 2018-2019 programme.
It is a beautiful example of Edwardian domestic architecture, retaining all its original exterior features in pristine condition.