St Andrew's Cross, Glasgow
St Andrew's Cross
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Location within Glasgow | |
OS grid reference | NS584634 |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G5, G41, G42 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
St Andrew's Cross, also known as Eglinton Toll, is a road junction in the south side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. First constructed during the early 1800s, the junction formerly held several buildings including a power station and cinema, but have been removed for a variety of reasons. Since 1946 when the junction underwent a realignment, the two roads no longer intersect.
Description
The junction includes two roads running roughly north-south which meet, but do not intersect for vehicular traffic since a realignment in 1946:
History
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It was named after
The alternative name, Eglinton Toll,
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Several local bus routes (previously also trams)[2] use the roads meeting at the cross, and its proximity to the Larkfield bus depot off Victoria Road made it a popular point for drivers to relieve one another at shift ends,[12][13] with the Star Bar public house and diner, noted for its bargain meal prices[14][15] located at its northern apex receiving much of its patronage from them. This practice has become less common since the closure of the depot in 2014,[16] with the new facility, which opened later the same year, located a few blocks further east at Cathcart Road.[17]
The cross also once had a power station,[18][19] a gasworks,[20] a tram depot (1890s),[21][22] a cinema[23] and a large dance hall, The Plaza Ballroom, in its vicinity;[24][25] the latter has since been demolished and replaced by modern apartments which incorporate some of the original red sandstone facade,[26] while part of the power station, which was later adapted by the local council into a printing works, survives but as a derelict structure.[27]
There are several new residential developments nearby at Barrland Street[28][29] and on the sites of the cinema, the gasworks[30][31] and Larkfield bus depot.[16] In addition to many buses, Pollokshields East railway station is located a short distance to the south-east, adjacent to the Tramway (arts centre) (based within the tram depot buildings)[32] the headquarters of Scottish Ballet, and the Guru Granth Sahib Sikh Sabha, a major Sikh temple.[33]
References
- ^ Glasgow’s Crosses, Glasgow History, 28 May 2016
- ^ a b c When the trams still ruled on the streets of post-war Glasgow, The Herald, 30 December 2016
- ^ Laurieston Guide, Scotcities,
- ^ "Glasgow postcodes". Postcode Area. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ISBN 9781445667393.
- ^ Port Eglinton (Mitchell Library, Glasgow Collection, 1835), The Glasgow Story
- ^ Port Eglinton, Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ Kilbirnie Street Fire (Glasgow City Archives, Deposited Collections), The Glasgow Story
- ^ Oblique aerial view of the M74 extension going through the Port Eglinton area, taken from the NW, Canmore, 12 February 2010
- ^ M74 Port Eglinton Viaduct launch, Dorman Long Technology, 1 March 2010
- ^ Urban park plan for under Glasgow M74 motorway flyover, BBC News, 15 July 2014
- ^ The Star Bar, The Bar Biographer, 8 July 2011
- ^ The Star Bar: Adventures in Eglinton Toll, Hemi the Headlocker, 1 September 2013
- ^ The cheapest pub lunch in the UK?, The Herald, 2 February 2013
- ^ We review Glasgow's legendary cheapest lunch – £3 for three courses at the Star Bar, Glasgow Live, 2 January 2019
- ^ a b Plans for homes on former Larkfield bus depot site in Govanhill offcially [sic] submitted, Evening Times, 13 January 2018
- ^ First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Opens New Caledonia Bus Depot Janus Architecture, 12 December 2014
- ^ St. Andrew's Cross Electricity Works, Grace's Guide to British Industrial History
- ^ Glasgow, 197–243 Pollokshaws Road, St Andrew's Works, Canmore
- ^ Glasgow, 95 Kilbirnie Street, Tradeston Gasworks, Canmore
- ^ Glasgow, 522 Pollokshaws Road, Coplaw Horse-tram Depot, Canmore
- ^ Coplawhill tram depot (Museum of Transport, R. B. McKim Collection), The Glasgow Story
- ^ BB Cinerama / New Cinerama / Odeon Eglinton Toll, Scottish Cinemas and Theatres Project
- ^ The last waltz, The Herald, 23 February 1998
- ^ Glasgow, Victoria Road, Plaza Ballroom, Canmore
- ^ Is this the ugliest new building in Scotland?, Evening Times, 30 January 2009
- ^ Gorbals vandalism hotspot could be turned into family play centre, Evening Times, 31 July 2018
- ^ Westpoint head south for latest Glasgow build, Urban Realm, 14 May 2018
- ^ Southgate Court, Westpoint Homes
- ^ 140 affordable homes proposed for Glasgow gasworks site, Scottish Housing News, 17 January 2017
- ^ More Than 200 Flats And Townhouses To Be Built At East Pollokshields Site, reGlasgow, 21 February 2019
- ^ Tramway – A History, Tramway
- ^ Glasgow Gurdwara: £3.8m Sikh temple prepares to open its doors, BBC News, 26 April 2013
External links
Media related to St Andrew's Cross, Glasgow at Wikimedia Commons
- Leyland Motor Company [Port Eglinton] at Derelict Glasgow [archived version, 2020]