1 Moray Place in the Strathbungo area of Glasgow. Built in 1859, it was designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson as part of a terrace of Classical Townhouses. Thomson himself lived here with his family between 1861 and his death in 1875.
Unfortunately, it's also something which seems to have pretty much been abandoned in recent years, resulting in a negative impact on the city's streetscape in terms of aethetics and in terms of creating a unique local feel.
This might not look like much, but it's the remains of an Iron Age enclosure in Pollok Country Park in Glasgow. It consists of a 30 m diametre ditch (partly visible on the left) surrounding a raised central area (background right), with a causeway leading out of it (foreground right) to a paved road. Excavations suggest it dates from between 2,000 and 2,500 years ago and probably functioned as a defensive structure.
1850s Townhouses on Cecil Street in the West End of Glasgow. Thought to be designed by J.T. Rochead, anyone who was a student at Glasgow University in the 1980s and the early 1990s will most likely remember them as a row of rundown, seedy bedsits with as many people crammed into them as possible.
Planning on hosting a #Glasgow#Mastodon meetup in @thegamerclub next month - Sat 15th June from 7pm. A chance to get to meet each other in person. All welcome!
Allegorical figures of Night and Day created by J.P. MacGillivary in 1888 for James Sellars' Anderson College of Medicine on Dumbarton Road in the West End of Glasgow.
Good Morning, Glasgow. The weather's not great today, so here's a pair of cute little ducklings from Victoria Park to help get your Friday off to a positive start.
Glasgow has a surprising number of quirky little reminders of the past which are all to easily overlooked, like this early 19th Century toll gate post at the junction between Paisely Road and Govan Road.
As Scotland became more industrialised in the 18th Century, both people and goods became increasingly mobile, and with that came the need for a better road network. This came in the form of Turnpikes, new roads which charged tolls for their use.
There are still many reminders of what is known as the turnpike era across Glasgow, mostly in the names of major road junctions, such as Eglington Toll, Paisley Road Toll, but also in terms of old toll buildings and other related structures.
This particular post was part of an old toll gatehouse known Parkhouse Toll which operated turnpike roads between the 1780s and 1888 from Glasgow to Greenock via Govan and to Paisley.
@monkeyben@jvseem That question has been raised a few times. I think they were were mostly made after the arsenic green had been phased out in the mid-1860s. However, I've not had the guts to test this by licking a few broken tiles! 🙂
@thisismyglasgow@monkeyben@jvseem my niece used to live up a close in Craigton which had similar tiles and someone got them tested and found there was no arsenic
By far my favourite bit of architectural ironwork in Glasgow, and possibly anywhere in the world! It can be found on D.B. Dobson's 1902 Art Nouveau commercial building at 50 Darnley Street in Glasgow.
Whitehall on Springkell Avenue beside Maxwell Park on the Southside of Glasgow. Designed by Robert Duncan in a Classical style, this villa was constructed in the 1890s, with additions by P. McGregor Chalmers in 1913. It's first owner was William Gray of the shipowner and chandlers MacBeth and Gray.
A Moses McCulloch and Company access cover on Albert Drive in Glasgow. Founded around 1810, McCulloch and Company started life at the Cumberland Ironworks on Stockwell Street, and until they ceased trading in 1962 they were one of the oldest such businesses in Scotland. Walter McFarlane spend 10 years working at this foundry before setting up his own foundry at Saracen Lane in 1850.
@thisismyglasgow The downfall of the foundries was also due to their success.
There are manhole covers in Lanarkshire with dates going back 70 years. There are postboxes going back even further- there is one in Paisley with a VR stamp.
When outputs are SO durable, it it any wonder that demand dies off? It's not just the loss of empire and associated market - the companies died off because their product was too good.
An old tram track embedded in a cobbled lane behind the former Coplawhill Tram Shed in the Pollokshields area of Glasgow. Built in 1893, this depot closed in the 1960s, and now houses The Tramway, an internationaly renowned arts venue.
after my pictures taken at #Glasgow Central and #Glasgow Queen Street last week, today it’s #Glasgow, MT 🇺🇸 station - slightly less busy than the other two. (And I’m staying on the train.)
The Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde in Glasgow, with a rather large reminder that the area used to be one of the city's largest docks before the SEC was built.
@thisismyglasgow I am sure they thought it was very clever to mutate from the SECC (Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre) to the SEC and call themselves the Scottish Event Campus but for those of us not in regular contact with these organisations it is merely confusing.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with the old name.
@peterbrown It is, but I think the SECC still exists as the main venue. The SEC is now the name for the collection of venues (Armadillo, Hydro, SECC) all on the same site. It made changing the road signs very cheap! 🙂
Is this the best gushet building in Glasgow? A gushet building is one constructed on a narrow strip of land at a junction between two roads (in this case Paisley Road West and Govan Road). Designed in a Renaissance style by Bruce and Hay, it was built in the 1880s as the Ogg Brothers Drapery Warehouse and Department Store.
@thisismyglasgow Originally the site of the Parkhouse Toll, controlling the entrance to two turnpike roads, as this plaque on a surviving gatepost recalls.
Sunset at Glasgow's Riverside Museum. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it was first opened in 2011. The reflections in the window shows the buildings of the Clyde Waterfront further up the river.
@Hufnagel Good questions. The main sunset is behind the building, but as it goes down, the light is sometimes reflected off the river and can light up the clouds on the eastern horizon to give a subtle glow to it. The reflective glass in the window then seems to emphasise these colours. Hope that makes some sense! 👍🙂
Another rather unique Glasgow tenement, this time on the corner of Langside Road and Queen's Drive on the city's Southside. Designed by W.M Whyte in a French Renaissance style, but with a statue of Liberty on the top, it was built in 1885.
You'll often hear it said there are five statues of Liberty in Glasgow. However, in reality, this is the only one as all the others are different allegorical female figures.
The pinnicle of Cooperative House on Morrison Street in Glasgow. Designed by Bruce and Hay and built in the 1890s for the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society, its topped by the iconic golden figure of Light and Life.
Light and Life was created by James Ewing and was cast in concrete. When the building was converted into flats in the mid-1990s, the figure crumbled as it was being removed. In 2015, local building engineer Bill Ritchie realised that as the building was covered in scaffolding, there was a opportunity to replace the statue. Working with the artist Kenny MacKay, a replica of the original statue was hastily created and installed in the brief window before the scaffolding came down again.
