Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
| Pollokshaws Burgh Hall | |
|---|---|
 Pollokshaws Burgh Hall | |
| Location | Glasgow |
| Coordinates | 55°49′31″N 4°17′54″W / 55.8254°N 4.2984°W |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architect | Robert Rowand Anderson |
| Architectural style(s) | Renaissance style |
Listed Building – Category A | |
| Designated | 15 December 1970 |
| Reference no. | 33953 |
  Shown in Glasgow | |
The Pollokshaws Burgh Hall is a municipal building at the edge of Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.[1]
History
The building was commissioned by the politician, Sir John Stirling Maxwell of Pollok House as a gift for the people of Pollokshaws.[2] The site selected formed part of the Old Pollok Estate, which was home to the Maxwell family for over 700 years.[3]
The burgh hall was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson in the Scottish Renaissance style[2] and was officially opened by Maxwell on 7 December 1898.[4]
It was built using features from the then recently-demolished Glasgow College in the High Street.[1] It was used as the headquarters of the independent burgh of Pollokshaws until the burgh was annexed by Glasgow Corporation in 1912.[2]
After functioning as a community centre for Glasgow Corporation and then, from 1975, for Strathclyde Regional Council, it was deemed surplus to requirements in the late 1990s and the management of the building was transferred to the Pollokshaws Burgh Hall Trust in October 2000.[5][6]
A Wurlitzer organ with three manuals, which had originally been installed in the Ritz cinema in Stockport and then transferred to Clydebank Town Hall in September 1998, was installed in Pollokshaws Burgh Hall in 2007.[7] The Scottish entertainer, Gordon Cree, who appeared to have developed a special interest in the Wurlitzer, performed on it at a concert in April 2009.[8][9]
Architecture
The dominant feature is the tower which is intended to replicate the tower on the old Glasgow College in the High Street.[1]
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Inside the clock tower -
The entrance to the hall -
The war memorial at the hall -
one of five square carvings on the hall -
Carving above the rear door
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References
- ^ a b c Historic Environment Scotland. "Pollokshaws Road and Bengal Street, Pollokshaws Burgh Hall (Category A Listed Building) (LB33953)". Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Pollokshaws Burgh Hall". Days Open Days. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Pollok House: Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry (1878)". Glasgow West-end addresses and their occupants. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Pollokshaws Heritage Trail". p. 6. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "About". Pollokshaws Burgh Hall. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Pollokshaws Burgh Hall". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ "Pollokshaws, Burgh Hall". The Cinema Organ Society. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Nigel Ogden: The Organist Entertains". BBC. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Russell, Ian (17 April 2009). "Darvel entertainer Gordon Cree to appear as guest at Scottish Cinema Organ Trust". Kilmarnock Standard. Kilmarnock, Scotland: Scottish & Universal Newspapers Limited.
External links
Media related to Burgh Hall, Pollokshaws at Wikimedia Commons
