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Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery
Cemetery (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery
Classification Cemetery (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Fountainwell Road; Keppochhill Road
Canmore ID 45013
Site Number NS66NW 26
NGR NS 60194 67134
NGR Description Centred on NS 60194 67134
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45013
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Sighthill Cemetery, 201 Springburn Road, opened 1840
19 hectares (46 acres) on a dramatic hill site. Lodge and Gateway to Sighthill Cemetery, Springburn Road, 1839, John Stephen. Greek-detailed miniature temple acts as lodge at gateway to Cemetery; modern iron gates and railings. Martyr's Memorial, 1847 to John Baird and Andrew Hardie, the hanged leaders of the Radical uprising of 1820. Tall classical pedestal, relief sculpture on one face, grey sandstone, bellcast cap, draped urn. Many tombstones by John Mossman and others, commemorating the architect William Leiper, the shipbuilder Robert Curle and Bailie James Moir, a Parliamentary reformer. The Mitchell Library has his book collection and named the James Moir Hall in his memory. Gateway, Keppochhill Road, with the original decorative cast iron.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
NS66NW 26.00 60194 67134
NS66NW 26.01 60220 67033 Martyrs' Monument (Memorial to Baird and Hardie)
NS66NW 26.02 60106 67395 Keppochill Road Gateway
NS66NW 26.03 60383 66970 Sprinburn Road Lodge and Gatepiers
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, 225 Springburn Road, Sighthill Cemetery - Gate & Chapel.
Architect: J. Stevens, 1839.
Photographic Survey (July 1961)
Photographs of buildings across Glasgow by the Scottish National Buildings Record in 1961