Pollokshields Heritage Trail, Glasgow
(The above image features Sherbrook Castle Hotel, originally a private house built 1896 and later converted to a hotel.) This evening, I am posting information on a recent small group, six mile walk to learn about the residential architecture in Pollokshields, a high end suburb of Glasgow in the West of Scotland. Firstly, the name Pollokshields is of interesting provenance, being of Gaelic origin and translates as 'huts at Pollock' with latter indicating a low lying place with pools of water. The name could date back about 1500 years and whilst the huts have long gone the underlying landscape is unchanged with the White Cart Water (river) flowing nearby. The properties at Pollokshields also provide links with Scotland's geology and the industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th centuries when Glasgow was a powerhouse of manufacturing and heavy industry. Geology: As will be evident from the images the properties are built of varying shades of sandstone which...