Glasgow, Pollokshaws Road, Pollok Park, Pollok House, Power Station
Power Station (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Pollokshaws Road, Pollok Park, Pollok House, Power Station
Classification Power Station (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) White Cart Water
Canmore ID 254977
Site Number NS56SW 31.06
NGR NS 54986 61618
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/254977
![General view from NW showing power station [on the left] and sawmill [on the right], with weir in the foreground.
Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC00867007.jpg)
![General view from NW showing power station [on the left] and sawmill [on the right], with weir in the foreground.
Copy of 35 mm colour transparency.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC00867007.jpg)
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Eastwood (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Lodge, Pollok House, 97 Haggs Road, 1892, R Rowand Anderson. Scottish classical with shallow conical slate roof over a broad semicircular bay window. Shawmuir Lodge, Pollok Avenue, 2060 Pollokshaws Road, 1891, Robert Rowand Anderson. Scots Classical Lodge with bell-cast slate hipped roof. Tall square gatepiers with urns and decorative wrought-iron gates. Estate Bridge over River Cart, 1757. Single wide segmental arch, balustraded parapet, roadway widens at abutments. Stables Range, 17th to 19th century. Courtyard Range on site of previous house, the Laigh Castle, includes handsome Renaissance gateway (north-west side) and more 17th-century work incorporated into later buildings. Weir, Sawmill and Power Station, c.1860 for Sir John Stirling-Maxwell. Weir may be 18th century. Single-storey brick sawmill with early machinery, although a turbine replaces the low-breast water wheel. Late 19th-century Power Station, with Waverley turbine by Carrick & Ritchie of Edinburgh.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS56SW 31.06 54986 61618
Standing Building Recording (20 March 2024 - 21 March 2024)
NS 54996 61624 A Level 2 historic building survey was undertaken by AOC Archaeology Group on the Stables, the Saw Mill and the Hen House, located between the two. A Level 2 survey includes a photographic, written and drawn record.
Information from D. Sproat – AOC Archaeology Group, 2024.
OASIS ID: aocarcha1-522803
