A rather fine example of a corbel head on David Hanilton's 1838 Mosesfield House in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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August 17, 2026 at 7:25 AM
A rather fine example of a corbel head on David Hanilton's 1838 Mosesfield House in the Springburn area of Glasgow.
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#glasgow #springburn #sculpture #architecture #architecturephotography
The main entrance of James Miller's magnificent 1903 offices for the North British Locomotive Company on Flemington Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was later used as an engineering college, and then offices.
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August 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The main entrance of James Miller's magnificent 1903 offices for the North British Locomotive Company on Flemington Street in the Springburn area of Glasgow. It was later used as an engineering college, and then offices.
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To me, this seems unlikely as, even with a relatively powerful telescope, he'd have been able to see little of the ships on the Clyde from this location.
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August 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
To me, this seems unlikely as, even with a relatively powerful telescope, he'd have been able to see little of the ships on the Clyde from this location.
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#glasgow #springburn #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory
The tower was added about ten years later. By then Balgray House had been purchased by a Captain Breeze. Captain Breeze owned a fleet of tea clippers and Local legend has it that he added the tower so he could watch his ships sailing up the Clyde.
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August 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
The tower was added about ten years later. By then Balgray House had been purchased by a Captain Breeze. Captain Breeze owned a fleet of tea clippers and Local legend has it that he added the tower so he could watch his ships sailing up the Clyde.
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Balgray Tower in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The original gothic villa was built around 1820 for the book seller James Duncan, who also built the nearby Mosesfield House a few years later in 1838.
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August 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Balgray Tower in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The original gothic villa was built around 1820 for the book seller James Duncan, who also built the nearby Mosesfield House a few years later in 1838.
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Later, in 1902, William Beardmore, who owned the forge at Parkhead and after whom the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is named, became a major share-holder in the company. It finally ceased trading in 1931.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory #springburn
August 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Later, in 1902, William Beardmore, who owned the forge at Parkhead and after whom the Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is named, became a major share-holder in the company. It finally ceased trading in 1931.
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#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #glasgowhistory #springburn
The first car they produced commercially was a wooden-bodied six-seater called the Dogcart, and it was manufactured at Camlachie in the East End of Glasgow. One of the few surviving examples of this vehicle can be seen in the city's Riverside Museum.
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August 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
The first car they produced commercially was a wooden-bodied six-seater called the Dogcart, and it was manufactured at Camlachie in the East End of Glasgow. One of the few surviving examples of this vehicle can be seen in the city's Riverside Museum.
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Mosesfield House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Designed by David Hamilton in a Castellated Gothic style, it was built in 1838 for the bookseller James Duncan.
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August 12, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Mosesfield House in the Springburn area of Glasgow. Designed by David Hamilton in a Castellated Gothic style, it was built in 1838 for the bookseller James Duncan.
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The company went into liquidation in 1981, just two years before the winter gardens were damages in a storm and then abandoned.
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#glasgow #architecture #springburn #springburnpark #castiron
August 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The company went into liquidation in 1981, just two years before the winter gardens were damages in a storm and then abandoned.
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#glasgow #architecture #springburn #springburnpark #castiron
A rather beautiful cast-iron colum capital in the derelict 1899 Sprinburn Winter Gardens in Glasgow. This will have been created at the Temple Ironworks at Anniesland in the northwest of the city.
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August 11, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A rather beautiful cast-iron colum capital in the derelict 1899 Sprinburn Winter Gardens in Glasgow. This will have been created at the Temple Ironworks at Anniesland in the northwest of the city.
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They were damaged during a storm in 1983 and have been abandoned ever since. Plans to restore it were announced in 2020, but have yet to be to implimented.
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#glasgow #architecture #springburn #springburnpark #glasshouse
August 11, 2026 at 8:08 AM
They were damaged during a storm in 1983 and have been abandoned ever since. Plans to restore it were announced in 2020, but have yet to be to implimented.
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#glasgow #architecture #springburn #springburnpark #glasshouse
Designed in 1899 by the hothouse builders Simpson and Farmer, with iron work by William Baird of Temple ironworks, the Springburn Winter Gardens are in the worse state of all of Glasgow's public glass houses.
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August 11, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Designed in 1899 by the hothouse builders Simpson and Farmer, with iron work by William Baird of Temple ironworks, the Springburn Winter Gardens are in the worse state of all of Glasgow's public glass houses.
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However, while this is very welcome, given the current state of these buildings, it's hard to see how much of a difference this will make unless additional funds are also found.
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August 11, 2026 at 8:08 AM
However, while this is very welcome, given the current state of these buildings, it's hard to see how much of a difference this will make unless additional funds are also found.
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It's good to hear that the abandoned and derelict Springburn Winter Gardens are to be given a share of £1.8 milliom to help bring vacant land in Glasgow back into use.
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August 11, 2026 at 8:08 AM
It's good to hear that the abandoned and derelict Springburn Winter Gardens are to be given a share of £1.8 milliom to help bring vacant land in Glasgow back into use.
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The Glasgow Savings Bank building on Springburn Way in Glasgow. Designed by Robert Ewan with Renaissance details, it was built in the 1890s.
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#glasgow #architecture #springburn #architecturephotography
August 10, 2026 at 5:54 AM
The Glasgow Savings Bank building on Springburn Way in Glasgow. Designed by Robert Ewan with Renaissance details, it was built in the 1890s.
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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.
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August 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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.
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#glasgow #springburn #sculpture #architecturephotography #architecture
There's disruption between Springburn and Milngavie until 10:00, please check before you travel.
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#Springburn #Milngavie
National Rail Disruptions
Disruption between Springburn and Milngavie expected until 10:00
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July 25, 2026 at 7:34 AM
There's disruption between Springburn and Milngavie until 10:00, please check before you travel.
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#Springburn #Milngavie
Love this tile I came across at the entrance to a tenement in the Springburn area of Glasgow today. It's not a design I've come across before.
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#glasgow #ceramis #tenement #architecture #springburn
July 6, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Love this tile I came across at the entrance to a tenement in the Springburn area of Glasgow today. It's not a design I've come across before.
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#glasgow #ceramis #tenement #architecture #springburn
Disruption between Glasgow Queen Street and Springburn/Shettleston is expected until 20:45 with ScotRail.
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National Rail Disruptions
Lines reopened: disruption between Glasgow Queen Street and Springburn / Shettleston expected until 20:45
www.nationalrail.co.uk
July 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Disruption between Glasgow Queen Street and Springburn/Shettleston is expected until 20:45 with ScotRail.
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#ScotRail #GlasgowQueenStreet #Springburn
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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June 27, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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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#glasgow #architecture #springburn
The former Springburn Public School (and later Springburn Primary School) on Gourlay Street in Glasgow.
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June 27, 2026 at 6:51 AM
The former Springburn Public School (and later Springburn Primary School) on Gourlay Street in Glasgow.
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Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of factory workers at St. Rollox in #Springburn, #Glasgow. Springburn developed from a small rural hamlet at the beginning of the nineteenth century tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/07/old-...
Old Photograph Factory Workers St. Rollox Springburn Glasgow Scotland
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June 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of factory workers at St. Rollox in #Springburn, #Glasgow. Springburn developed from a small rural hamlet at the beginning of the nineteenth century tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2017/07/old-...