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Glasgow, 591 Tollcross Road, Tollcross House, Main Lodge
Gate Lodge (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, 591 Tollcross Road, Tollcross House, Main Lodge
Classification Gate Lodge (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) South Lodge
Canmore ID 167098
Site Number NS66SW 407
NGR NS 6336 6359
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/167098
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Tollcross House, 591 Tollcross Road, 1848, David Bryce
Scots Baronial country house for James Dunlop. Asymmetrical, ashlar, crowsteps, pedimented dormers, cone-roofed turret on low service wing. Converted to Children's Museum, 1905, Glasgow Corporation. Refurbished and converted to sheltered housing, c.1992, Nicholas Groves-Raines. Saltire Society Commendation, 1994. Lodge, c.1858, crowstep gables, rubble, ashlar dressings. Conservatory, Latin-cross plan, dome at crossing, semicircular ends, cast iron and glass. Tent-like extension, tensile fabric structure, 1990s, Glasgow City Council. The Park is also home to the National Rose Collection.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
