Pollokshaws Burgh Hall


The Pollokshaws Burgh Hall is a municipal building at the edge of Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.

History

The building was commissioned by Sir John Stirling Maxwell and designed by Robert Rowand Anderson in the Scottish Renaissance style. It was built using features from the then recently-demolished Glasgow College in the High Street, and was completed in 1898. It was used as the headquarters of the independent burgh of Pollokshaws until the burgh was annexed by Glasgow Corporation in 1912.
After functioning community centre for Glasgow Corporation and then, from 1975, for Strathclyde Regional Council, it was deemed surplus to requirements in the late 1990s and the management of the building was transferred to the Pollokshaws Burgh Hall Trust in October 2000.
The hall contains a concert-standard Wurlitzer which was rescued from Clydebank Town Hall in 2007. The Scottish entertainer, Gordon Cree, appears to have developed a special and longstanding relationship with the Wurlitzer.

Architecture

The dominant feature is the tower which is intended to replicate the tower on the old Glasgow College in the High Street.