Gate by Kate Robinson. One of ten pieces of public art along the Langlands Path in the Govan area of Glasgow. It represents workers spilling out of the shipyard gates at the end of their shift and mingling with other members of the local community.
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Viking hogback gravestones, part of the amazing collection of carved early medieval stones, known as the Govan Stones, on display in Govan Old Church in the heart of the town. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/glasgow/govanstones/index.html
Sculptures on the front of the former Govan Press building on Govan Road in Glasgow. These are: Johannes Gutenberg, who introduced movable type printing to Europe; Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet; Mr and Mrs Cossar, who ran the Govan Press; Walter Scott, one of Scotland's first novelists; William Caxton, who introduced the printing press to Britain.
Love this sculpture by Francis Derwent Wood, Johan Keller and Richard Ferris over the entrance to the former British Linen Bank building on Govan Road in Glasgow.
A beautiful example of a red sandstone gushet tenement on the corner of Shaw Street and Langlands Road in the Govan area of Glasgow.
The ruined portico of Mansion House in Elder Park in Glasgow. Built in 1791, Mansion House was originally sited on the Linthouse Estate and was thought to be have been designed by Robert Adam.
The Submariners' Memorial in Elder Park in Glasgow. It's principally dedicated to the 32 people who died when the submarine K13 sank during sea trials in the Gare Loch in 1917, including 6 employees from the nearby Fairfield Shipyard where it had been built. Miraculously, 48 of the people who were on board at the time were successfully rescued after some 60 hours trapped at the bottom of the sea.
The remains of one of the slipways of the former Meadowside Shipyard on the foreshore of the north bank of the Clyde in Glasgow revealed by last night's very low Spring tide. In the background is the new Govan-Partick pedestrian bridge.
I love the shape of the entrance to the former Elder Cottage Hospital on Drumoyne Drive in Glasgow. Founded by Isabella Elder in 1902, it was designed in a Late Englsh Renaissance style by J.J. Burnet.
The elegantly simple entrance to the former municipal buildings on Orkney Street in Glasgow. Designed by John Burnet Snr and built in 1866, it originally contained a police station and a courtroom/public hall.
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1890s tenement gable end in the Govan area of Glasgow.
A beautiful three-masted ship finial on a gable of the Pearce Institute on Govan Road in Glasgow.
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A plaque commemorating the life of #Govan based social reform campaigner #MaryBarbour on a Hutton Drive tenement in #Linthouse #Glasgow.
If anyone ever tells you that one person can't make a difference - ask them if they know about Mary Barbour.
A commemorative plaque which reads:
Mary Barbour (22nd February 1875 - 2nd April 1958). Social reformer, Rent Strike leader, Women's Peace crusader and pioneering woman councillor. "
The janitor's house of the former 1901 Greenfield Primary School in Glasgow. A janitor's cottage was a feature of almost all Glasgow schools, and those built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras are often little architectural gems in their own right.
Love this mural by The Rebel Bear on Carmichael Street in the Govan area of Glasgow.
Part of the Summertown Road facade of the former Govan Town Hall in Glasgow. Designed by Thomson and Sandilands in a Beaux Arts style, it was built in 1897.
The former Greenfield Primary School in the Govan area of Glasgow. Built in 1901, it was designed by Steele and Balfour. Despite being B-listed, it's now derelict, yet it's an impressive building with huge potential.
A mural of local boy done good, Sir Alex Ferguson, on Uist Street in the Govan area of Glasgow. It was created by the Artisan Artworks Team in 2021.
The Elder Cottage Hospital on Drumoyne Drive in Linthouse area of Glasgow. Founded by Isabella Elder in 1902, it was designed in a Late Englsh Renaissance style by J.J. Burnet.
