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Photographs of buildings at Shawlands

 in the south side of Glasgow

Church at Shawlands Cross in South Side of Glasgow

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 in the South Side of Glasgow

Shawlands Academy

on Pollokshaws Road








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.


 


Shawlands Academy on Pollokshaws Road in the South Side of Glasgow

Former Shawlands Academy

on Pollokshaws Road

Old Shawlands






Former Waverley Picture House at Shawlands Cross

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

Sandstone Tenement Building

at Shawlands Cross





Langside Halls at Shawlands Cross

Langside Halls

 at Shawlands Cross 




Langside Halls at Shawlands Cross

Langside Halls

 at Shawlands Cross 






Langside Hall in Glasgow

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, Glasgow

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 




Corona Bar at Shawlands Cross

Corona Bar

 at Shawlands Cross 





Marlborough at Shawlands Cross

The Marlborough

at Shawlands Cross 






Sandstone Tenement Building in Trefoil Avenue at Shawlands

Sandstone Tenement Building

in Trefoil Avenue at Shawlands



Langside School in Shawlands

Langside School

 in Shawlands






Eglinton Toll near Shawlands

Eglinton Toll

near Shawlands




Old White Elephant Cinema at Shawlands

Old White Elephant Cinema

 ( opened 1927 )

 in Kilmarnock Road

in Shawlands




Shawlands Cross - Old Postcard

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 Shawlands






Shawlands Cross - Old Postcard

Old Postcard

 of Shawlands Cross

Old Shawlands






Shawlands Cross - Old Postcard

Old Postcard

of Shawlands Cross

Old Shawlands





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