The entrance to the former Springburn Public Library. It was designed by William B. Whitie in an Edwardian Baroque style and was opened in 1904.
The entrance to the former Springburn Public Library. It was designed by William B. Whitie in an Edwardian Baroque style and was opened in 1904.
Repair Cafe day in Glasgow.
Today, 12-2 at the Springburn Park Auditorium
The former Hydepark Public School in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was designed by Thomas, Dykes and Dale and was opened in 1910. It's now the Hydepark Business Centre, showing that old school buildings can be successfully re-used for other purposes.
I haven't seen much coverage of this- a local company which took over the former Caledonian Railway works at St Rollox in #Springburn, #Glasgow, has won a contract to refurbish #LondonUnderground #trains
#engineering firm lands deal with #transport
#London
#TfL
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25224808.glasgow-engineering-firm-lands-deal-transport-london/
Allegorical figures of Speed and Science flanking the entrance to the North British Locomotive Company building in Springburn, Glasgow. They were sculpted by Albert Hemstock Hodge in 1909.
The entrance to Saint Rollox House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Built in 1887 using the classic polychromatic brick style of Glasgow's industrial buildings, it was once the office for the Saint Rollox Railway Works.
Inside the remains of the Springburn Winter Gardens. Designed by the hothouse builders Simpson and Farmer, with iron work by William Baird of Temple ironworks, it was built in 1899. It fell out of use after it was damaged by a storm in 1983, and was almost demolished in 1985. However, it was saved after being given A-listed status due to its architectural importance. However, it remains derelict and is considered critically at risk.
A distant Dumgoyne lit up by today's Autumn sun as glimpsed between the high flats on Viewpoint Place in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
The main entrance of James Miller's magnificent 1903 offices for the North British Locomotive Compnay on Flemington Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was later used as an engineering college, and then offices. Recently, plans have been announced to demolish it, but these now seem to have been withdrawn, at least for the moment.
A total of 75 schools were constructed by the Glasgow School Board between 1874 and 1916, and this is one of the oldest still standing. It currently lies empty and abandoned.
The former Springburn Public School (and later Springburn Primary School) on Gourlay Street in Glasgow. Designed by David Thomson and built in the early 1870s, it was one of the first schools constructed by the Glasgow School Board after the introduction of free and compulsory education for 5 to 13 year olds through the Education (Scotland) Act of 1872.
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A rather elegant red sandstone tenement on Valleyfield Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
It's estimated that, over the years, as many as 30,000 locomotives were transported through the city in this manner.
Love this sculpture over the entrance the former North British Locomotive Company building in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The chains on either side are those used to pull the completed locomotive through the streets of Glasgow (originally done by teams of cart horses, but later by steam traction engines and diesel tractors) and down to the banks of the Clyde so they could be loaded onto ships and transported all over the world.
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British Rail Engineering Ltd branding on the gates of Saint Rollox House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Built for the Caledonain Railway Company in the 1880s, it was formerly the home to Saint Rollox Locomotive Works. After nationalisation, it became part of British Rail Engineering Limited in 1968. Privatised in 1988, it went into decline and finally closed completely in 2019.
Redclyffe and Torrisdale. Constructed in 1890, this pair of semi-detached houses on Balgrayhill Road in Glasgow are thought to have been designed by Charles Rennie MacKintosh for his cousin James Hamilton and may have been one of his first commissions.
Allegorical figures of Speed and Science flanking the entrance to the North British Locomotive Company building in Springburn, Glasgow. They were sculpted by Albert Hemstock Hodge in 1909.
The Glasgow Savings Bank building on Springburn Way in Glasgow. Designed by Robert Ewan with Renaissance details, it was built in the 1890s.
The former Hyde Park Public School in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was designed by Thomas, Dykes and Dale and was opened in 1910. It's now the Hyde Park Business Centre, showing that old school buildings can be successfully re-used for other purposes.
Another very different, but still beautiful example of a red sandstone Glasgow Tenement. This one is on Valleyfield Street in Springburn. This building is beautifully proportioned with quite fantastic chimneys, and it would probably be listed if it were in the west end of the city, but it currently has no legal protection.