Church (
Shawlands Kirk )
at Shawlands Cross in South Side of Glasgow ( Formerly the United Free Church ) Designed by Miller & Black and built 1900-1903. A category "B" listed building. |
Shawlands Academy on Pollokshaws Road |
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 Shawlands Academy on Pollokshaws Road |
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. |
Sandstone Tenement Building
at Shawlands Cross |
Langside
Halls
at Shawlands Cross |
Langside
Halls
at Shawlands Cross |
Langside
Hall ( 1845-9 )
Originally the National Bank in Queen Street it was moved stone by stone and reconstructed at Shawlands |
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. |
Corona
Bar
at Shawlands Cross |
Corona
Bar
at Shawlands Cross |
The
Marlborough
at Shawlands Cross |
Sandstone Tenement Building
in Trefoil Avenue at Shawlands |
Langside
School
in Shawlands |
Eglinton
Toll
near Shawlands |
Old White
Elephant Cinema
( opened 1927 ) in Kilmarnock Road in Shawlands |
Old
Postcard of Shawlands Cross
Shawlands
Cross with Pollokshaws Road ahead, Kilmarnock Road off to the left and Moss-side Road to the right.
The church on the corner of Moss-side and Pollokshaws Road was the United Free Church - now Shawlands Cross Church, and built 1900-1903. |
Old
Postcard
of Shawlands Cross |
Old
Postcard
of Shawlands Cross |
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