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.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track. St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
Rutherglen - a town of about 30,000 inhabitants bordering on the city of Glasgow. Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
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.
1920's view of Kenmure Street, Pollokshields
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
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.
Moonlight over Pollokshields Burgh Hall
Daanish Zahid also gave evidence in the latest trial and claimed: "You have got the wrong men." 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.
In 1851 residential development began along the road which ran parallel to the canal and the railway near the site of Shiels Cottage at Laigh (Scots for Low) Shiels.
In 1851 residential development began along the road which ran parallel to the canal and the railway near the site of Shiels Cottage at Laigh (Scots for Low) Shiels. Sherbrooke St Gilbert's 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.
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. The arches at the loggia are supported by cast-iron columns. The stables there had stalls for horses on the both first and second floors with the top floor being used as a hay loft.
Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
If you are lucky enough to find a development plot for a new house in the Conservation Area, Glasgow City Council will ensure that it is built in the style of the existing properties surrounding it. Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
Design for a Double villa at Pollokshields, c.1858
Pollokshields Heritage organise an annual lecture series held in the former Pollokshields Congregational Church, close to Maxwell Park Station.
Unsuccessful design for interior of Pollokshields Congregational Church, Watson & Salmond, 1902
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. Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
Equestrian staircase at former Copelawhill tram depot, 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, H.E.
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.
Rowan, 1892
Their exhibition drawing of the house, below, was displayed at the annual exhibition of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts in 1904.
Clifford's exhibition drawing of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 1900
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.
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.
They managed to get to the roof of the building they were in and across the roofs of neighbouring houses before fleeing to the fields nearby. The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
Such was its early population growth, Pollokshields attained ' burgh ' status in 1876.
risers that could be safely negotiated by horses.
First floor stalls of stables overlooking courtyard of former Copelawhill tram depot
East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road.
At the end of June 1894 the operation of the tramway was taken over by Glasgow Corporation who already owned and maintained the track.
Pollokshields Glencairn Church was known as Trinity UP Church when it first opened in 1891.
Pollokshields Burgh Hall, which was gifted to the district by Sir John Stirling Maxwell
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website. This article needs to be updated.
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.
Photograph of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 2014
Remains of east window of Pollokshields Glencairn Church
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.
The foundation stone was laid on 16th September 1872 by Dr. William S. Wilson, Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
Illustration of 'Oaklands', Sherbrooke Avenue, from 1904
1920's street scene at Albert Drive, Pollokshields
The map above was surveyed about 30 years before the engraving and shows the farm buildings at "Shiels" situated on the hilltop (or knowe) at the present day junction of Shields Road and Albert Drive. The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern.
Photograph of 'Kelmscott', Pollokshields, 2014
The garden shrubbery had just recently been planted, with the trees being mere saplings.
Old map showing Trinity UP Church shortly after it was built
Photograph of Sutherland House, Pollokshields, 2014
Access to the stables was provided by very gently sloping flight of steps with 4 in.
The house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
It is currently home to the Tramway Arts Centre.
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.
It is a beautiful example of Edwardian domestic architecture, retaining all its original exterior features in pristine condition.
The church was built in 1894 and had to be rebuilt following a serious fire in 1994.
When it is completed the stonework and building style will make it blend in naturally with the beautiful houses erected a century earlier.
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
View of Fotheringay Centre, 2014
View of "South Bank", the only surviving house shown the north side of the map
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
The house was first occupied in 1882 and was in use as a synogogue from 1928 to 1984.
Albert Drive frontage of former Copelawhill tram depot, now the Tramway Arts Centre
The example, below, of early semi-detached houses in Pollokshields shows that the original dwellings were much more modest in size and in the extent of their garden grounds compared to those which would come later.
Further examples of exhibition drawings of large villas can be viewed at the Domestic Architecture of Glasgow's South Side page of this website.
Photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 2014
Interior of St Ninian's Episcopal Church, Albert Drive
Pollokshields Heritage Lecture Series, 2018-19
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G.
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern. Pollokshields Free Church is currently used as a nursing home, Nithsdale Lodge
This description of a train journey passing through Pollokshields in 1852 gives an impression of the area before and after the development of the sandstone villas.
East Pollokshields, which was a burgh in its own right from 1880, was situated to the east of Shields Road. 'Kelmscott' is an out-of-the ordinary villa situated in Springkell Avenue, close to the Sherbooke Castle Hotel.
Pollokshields Established Church, built at the corner of Shields Road and Albert Drive in 1878
B. Hutchison was the first recipient of this grant.
pollokshields gangsters university of chicago accounting Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902. 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. Rowan and built in 1878
Pollokshields UP Church, Leslie Street
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 house under construction, above, is situated in Sherbrooke Avenue.
Public green space was provided by Maxwell Park which opened in 1890.
Pollokshields Established Church was designed by Stirling born architect, Robert Baldie.
Tracery on window of Pollokshields Parish Church
This photograph of the house was taken in 1905, just after its completion.
Front view of Haggs Castle, 1933
Kriss Donald (2 July 1988 15 March 2004) was a 15-year-old white Scottish boy who was kidnapped and murdered in Glasgow in 2004 by a gang of men of Pakistani origin, some of whom fled to Pakistan after the crime.
The steps had non-slip metal surfaces frequently divided by transverse ridges forming the criss-cross pattern. London East End gangster twins Ronnie (right) and Reggie Kray pictured after spending 36 hours helping the police with their inquiry into the murder of George Cornell (Image: William Lovelace/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
Terraced houses on the eastern side of Shields Road, on the dividing line of the old burgh boundaries
Former Pollokshields Free Church, designed by W.G.
Open topped tram in Nithsdale Road with Pollokshields Free Church in background
The depot of the Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Company had been situated in Tobago Street, Calton, close to Glasgow Green.
Apart from that you don't see one another.
The architects of the house were Messrs. Frank Burnet, Boston and Carruthers. Architect's photograph of 'Beneffrey', Pollokshields, 1915
Horse drawn trams were fully withdrawn from service in the city by the end of April 1902. In 1851 residential development began along the road which ran parallel to the canal and the railway near the site of Shiels Cottage at Laigh (Scots for Low) Shiels.
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