Photographs of Springburn Park in the NE of Glasgow
Springburn
Park in the NE of Glasgow
Springburn
Park has three wildlife
ponds, a nature trail,
a " Garden of Peace
" a Site of Importance for Nature Conservation Sports facilities include bowling greens, footballpitches
a games court and a cricket pitch. |
Swans in
Wildlife Pond
|
Ornamental
Column
in Springburn Park The column, with an ionic capital and a unicorn, was originally part of a fountain in the Balgray Pleasure Grounds. It was gifted to the people of Springburn by the Reid family in 1912. |
Ornamental
Column
in Springburn Park |
Statue of Sir
James Reid
of Hyde Park Locomotive Works ( 1823-1894 ) a contributor to the development of Springburn Park. |
Flower
Beds
in Springburn Park |
Pond in
the Rockery
in Springburn Park The rockery was previously the site of an old quarry and a reminder that Springburn was once a mining and quarrying area. |
Mosesfield House in Springburn Park Mosesfield House - a listed building - stands near the site of the old Mosesfield House that was occupied from 1790 by William Moses a merchant who made his fortune from selling sedan chairs. The present Mosesfield House was built in 1838 by the architect David Hamilton. It later became a church manse. The son of the minister, George Johnston, built the first motor car produced in Scotland in October 1895 at Mosesfield yard. Sir William Arroll financed Arroll-Johnston which produced motor cars for 30 years. Mosesfield House was presented to Glasgow Corporation in 1904. It was used as a museum until the second world war. Thereafter it was used as an old men's club house. |
Dumgoyne
and the Campsie Fells
from Springburn Park |
The
A-listed Clock
Tower
of the Old Stobhill Hospital from Springburn Park |
Map of
Springburn Park
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