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Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 1 1. Location: Belmont Street Name: Kelvinbridge Parish Church Architect: John James Stevenson Date: 1902 Listed: A Other info: Originally Nathaniel Stevenson Memorial Free Church. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33753 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 215 entry no 366 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 326 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 2 2. Location: Belmont Street Name: Belmont Bridge Architect: unknown Date: 1870 Listed: B Other info: Built across the River Kelvin for the City of Glasgow Bank’s North Woodside estate. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32182 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 215 entry no 366 Kelvin Bridges Heritage Trail leaflet from ICE bridge no.8 https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/near- you/uk/scotland/publications/kelvin-bridges-heritage-trail/kelvin-bridges- heritage-trail.pdf.aspx Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 3 3. Location: Downstream of the former flint mill. Name: North Woodside Footbridge (Flint Mill Bridge) Architect: Constructed by Whatlings Ltd Date: 1978 Listed: Other info: Source: Kelvin Bridges Heritage Trail leaflet from ICE bridge no.9 https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/near- you/uk/scotland/publications/kelvin-bridges-heritage-trail/kelvin-bridges- heritage-trail.pdf.aspx Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 4 4. Location: Kelvin Walkway near the Belmont Street Bridge Name: North Woodside Flint Mills Architect: unknown Date: 1846 Listed: Scheduled monument Other info: Worked until 1958/9 Source: Information plaque on site Kelvin Bridges Heritage Trail leaflet from ICE bridge no.8 https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/near- you/uk/scotland/publications/kelvin-bridges-heritage-trail/kelvin-bridges- heritage-trail.pdf.aspx Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 5 5. Location: East side of Queen Margaret Bridge beside the river Name: Walker Bridge Architect: designed by engineer Richie Rodger and constructed by John McEleroy and Sons Date: 1870 Listed: Other info: Was an iron bridge giving access to North Kelvinside from Great Western Road. Abandoned when QM Bridge was constructed in 1929 and dismantled in 1971. Only the stone abutments and base of central pier remain. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33772 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no. 370 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 330 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 6 6. Location: Kelvinside Terrace West to Queen Margaret Road Name: Sixty Steps Architect: Alexander ‘Greek’ Thomson Date: 1872 Listed: B Other info: 66 steps with a massive retaining wall believed to have been designed by Thomson. Built for access to North Kelvinside being developed by John Ewing Walker Plaque marking Thomson Heritage Trail Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB33772 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 216 entry no 370 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 330 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 7 7. Location: Queen Margaret Drive Name: Queen Margaret Bridge Architect: Thomas Somers, City Engineer. William Taylor and Son – engineers Date: 1926-9 Listed: B Other info: 3-arch bridge over the River Kelvin. Red granite parapet. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32577 Kelvin Bridges Heritage Trail leaflet from ICE bridge no.7 https://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/near- you/uk/scotland/publications/kelvin-bridges-heritage-trail/kelvin-bridges- heritage-trail.pdf.aspx Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no. 370 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 629 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 8 8. Location: 30 Queen Margaret Drive Name: North Park House Architect: John Thomas Rochead, James Miller, John Keppie with CR Mackintosh Date: 1869-71, 1936, 1895 Listed: B Other info: Built for John and Matthew Bell – Glasgow Pottery, Townhead. BBC Scotland HQ (1935-2007) SW part J T Rochead, 1869-71, Renaissance villa converted to educational use; additions by James Miller 1936 and later. NE part John Keppie with C R Mackintosh (Honeyman and Keppie) 1895. Former medical building of Queen Margaret College, 1895. Now owned by G1 Group with residential property constructed along the river Source: Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no 371 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 346, 353 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32902 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 9 9. Location: 10-18 Queen Margaret Drive, 75-81 Hamilton Drive, 11 and 13 Buckingham St Name: Architect: probably HK Bromhead Date: 1884 Listed: C Other info: 4 storeys and basement curving façade on Queen Margaret Drive, Hamilton Drive, Buckingham St, Ruskin Lane Source: The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 353 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32901 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 10 10. Location: 24-31 Buckingham Terrace, 2 Q M Drive, 1-5 Buckingham Street Name: Architect: John Thomas Rochead Date: 1858 Listed: B Other info: Renaissance 3 storey Source: Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 216 entry no 369 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 50, 51, 308, 309, 310, 319, pl. 52 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32851 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 11 11. Location: 731 Great Western Road Name: Oran Mor (Gaelic for great music) Architect: John James Stevenson (Campbell Douglas and Stevenson) Date: 1862 Listed: B Other info: Former Kelvinside Parish Church then Bible Training Institute. Built over old coal workings and the foundations consist of iron columns slipped through bores in the rock to the bottom of the old coal waste. Source: Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 219 entry no 374 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 303 http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32872 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 12 12. Location: 1-17 Grosvenor Terrace, Great Western Road Name: 1-10 Grosvenor Hotel (since 1938) Architect: JT Rochead, TM Miller & Partners for the rebuild Date: 1855 Listed: A Other info: Modelled on the 16th century facades of Piazza San Marco in Venice (Sansovino’s Procuratie Nuove). Columns are Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. Eastern section of the terrace gutted by fire in 1978, rebuilt 1980 in glass reinforced concrete to original façade design – moulds made from the undamaged part of the terrace. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32520 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 220 entry no 375 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 51, 308, 310, pl. 53 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 13 13. Location: Great Western Road, Queen Margaret Drive, Botanic Gardens entrance Name: Blue Police Box Architect: Gilbert Mackenzie Trench Date: 1928, erected c. 1935 Listed: B Other info: GM Trench was architect surveyor to Metropolitan Police. Other boxes at Buchanan Street, Wilson Street and Royal Exchange Square. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32515 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 14 14. Location: 730 Great Western Road, Botanic Gardens Name: Gates at Queen Margaret Drive Architect: Alexander Beith McDonald – city architect Date: c. 1894 Listed: B Other info: Wrought-iron lamp brackets. Elaborate wrought-iron gates with city coat of arms. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32511 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 305 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no 372 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 15 15. Location: 730 Great Western Road, Botanic Gardens Name: Lodges Architect: Alexander Beith McDonald Date: 1894 Listed: B Other info: Mock Tudor style. Brick with sandstone bands. Roman Doric columns. Date 1894 on North Lodge. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32514 The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 305 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no 372 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 16 16. Location: Botanic Gardens left of gates on Great Western Road Name: Botanic Gardens Station (former) Architect: James Miller Date: 1896-1939 Listed: Other info: The street level buildings were demolished following a fire in 1970, but the platforms remain intact in the underground tunnel. The line to Maryhill closed in 1964, and proposals to reopen it for train or tram traffic have been unsuccessful. Source: https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSA00629 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 217 entry no 372 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 17 17. Location: Botanic Gardens Name: Kibble Palace Architect: Boucher and Cousland Date: c. 1863-6 Listed: A Other info: Constructed at the Saracen Foundry. Moved from Coulport House – home of John Kibble to present site. Transported by canal to Speirs Wharf on Forth and Clyde Canal. Restored 2003-6 by Shepley Engineers of Yorkshire. Source: http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB32513 Exploring Glasgow by Robin Ward p 218 entry no. 373 http://www.glasgowbotanicgardens.com/the-gardens/history/ The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 305 Kelvin Walkway: Belmont to Kirklee 18 18. Location: Botanic Gardens Name: Main Range Glass Houses Architect: Date: 1883 Listed: B Other info: Extensively repaired to original design. Source: The Buildings of Scotland – Glasgow by Williamson, Riches, Higgs p 305 Exploring Glasgow by Robin
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