There have been many arguments about the boundaries of Strathbungo over the years, but this is because it has never had any formal designation, and still doesn’t. It has claimed to be in Renfrewshire mostly, Lanarkshire when it suited, in Govan Parish, but claimed by Cathcart.

The east side of Pollokshaws Road was absorbed into Crosshill Police Burgh in 1871, before both Crosshill and Strathbungo were annexed to Glasgow in 1891. So the tenements across the road on the west side, known then as Regent Park Terrace, were in Strathbungo, and the tenements on the east side, called Bute Terrace, were in Crosshill.

You will see this is reflected in the details of the street name signs on the street corners, although many on the east side have the designating text mysteriously covered up – most likely the residents objected to being placed in Crosshill, when they felt more attached to Strathbungo.

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Skirving also designed some other wonderful Southside buildings and monuments including Langside Hill Free Church (Church on the Hill) and Battlefield Monument (see our Langside tour). This Category B listed building came into ownership of Glasgow City Council before a fire destroyed the roof and interior in 2005. The building was then bought and is on track to become four flats and a house with the beautiful exterior being retained.

In August 2019, we were walking by to take some pictures for the upcoming tour book when we bumped into the project manager who was in charge of the redevelopment of the building. He offered us a look inside and we jumped at the chance. At this stage, the exterior of the building had been completed, as well as the house at the back but the interior was a shell. He told us that when the fire started a beam had fallen on one of the firemen and so all water had to be pumped in through the roof as the building was too dangerous to enter. This meant that when the developers took over the building it was still full of water, even all these years later.

The developers have given a lot of thought to the re-development and the attention to detail is obvious when the project manager talks about the process of re-casting the original railings and the build and installation of the windows.

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