The Stonefield Tavern is one of Blantyre’s best known pubs. Situated in a prime location on the south side of Glasgow Road, directly opposite the junction of Station Road, it has good frontage opening directly out on to the pavement and remains popular to this day. It may surprise you however, to learn […]
From my book, “Blantyre Glasgow Road South – The Real Story” by Paul Veverka (c) 2017 Priory Place & The Priory Bar Priory Place was a former 19th and 20th Century building situated at the eastern corner of Glasgow Road and Logan Street junction. It comprised primarily of a popular public house (named the […]
Cosy Corner Public House was a former public house with address 206 Glasgow Road at the corner with 1 Greenside Street. The building dates back to 1875, when brothers William and Thomas Hart bought a vacant field, previously never built upon and constructed a tenement 154 feet long facing on to and opening on to […]
A Glasgow Herald newspaper report of February 1886 commented that the estate of the late Alexander Sherriff was selling his public house and properties at Kirkton, High Blantyre. As described on this website, this is commonly thought to have been the buildings that once stood at the corner of Hunthill Road and Main Street, on […]
Next, a subject that has taken me a long time to investigate. High Blantyre Pubs of a bygone era. Very little information exists, other than local heresay about 19th Century pubs on Main Street, even old, local maps giving nothing away, so I knew from the onset, this would be a difficult subject. In particular, […]
Springpark is a 2 storey, detached sandstone house with a grey slate roof. I believe the Leggat family, (owners of nearby farms at Greenblairs and Newfield were the constructors or possibly Mr. Jackson of Park Farm), as the original tenants were connected to those families or their farms. The house sits on a long narrow […]
Photographed on 20th April 2015, here’s an up to date look at Blantyre’s latest pub, “The Red Burn Farm”. The two storey building will also mean a jobs boost for Blantyre with up to 65 jobs being sought, 40 of which will be full time. The building will be a pub, dining and carvery and is due […]