At 353 – 367 Glasgow Road in front of a contemporary bus stop are 8 modern flats, located in two identical blocks of same shape and size. A small lane, inaccessible to vehicles separates them in the middle, linking Glasgow Road pavements to Poplar Place behind. The site they occupy was once […]
Masonic Hall / Elm Court Flats When the Masonic Buildings further west along Glasgow Road were demolished in the late 1970’s, the lodge built a new brick building at the bottom of Elm Street, where Sprott’s / Kidd’s Building had been. Their time as the 599 Club there was short lived before moving out […]
On 10th November 2016, contractors arrived at Main Street High Blantyre to prune the large trees around the Lomond View Flats (the former ground of Matt Boyle’s house). Seeing their first days work, when I arrived home that evening, my heart sank, for this land is immediately neighbouring to my house and well, as you […]
A three storey block of modern flats located on the North side of Main Street, near its junction with Schoolhouse Lane. Built on the site of former Matt Boyle’s home, the flats are adjacent to Croftfoot and set slightly back off the Main Street itself. Demolition of the existing detached house happened during the last […]
Thanks to Alistair Morrow for sharing these two photos captured in May 2006. Accurately dated they give good evidence when the new flats at Blantyre Works were built. The flats were built in a style very sympathetic to the architecture that exists on nearby buildings, including Shuttle Row. Actually, I quite like these flats and […]
In 2001, planning permission was granted to construct 16 new flats at the site of the old Blantyre Mill works. Objectors failed in their bid to stop the development near to the edge of the River Clyde. In 2001, there were three dilapidated buildings on the one and a half acre greenbelt site, close to […]