Edit Maxwell Park
ONE of the smallest parks in Glasgow is Maxwell Park on the south side of the city.
The 21 acres of peat bog, owned by Sir John Stirling Maxwell, were donated to the Burgh of Pollokshields in 1878.
The bog was drained to the lowest point to form a boating pond, which in the winter became a skating rink.
The Burgh Hall was completed in 1890, the year in which the park officially opened. The park's most impressive features were the bandstand and the magnificent Hamilton Memorial Fountain, erected in 1907.
It was constructed by the Doulton company in the famous Italian white marble from Carrara in Tuscany, as a memorial to Glasgow brothers John and Thomas Hamilton, who hunted in the area when the land was a marsh.
The French Renaissance-style fountain, with tiered basins and a hunting figure on top, has sadly gone the way of many others in Glasgow, suffering from neglect and vandalism.
The putting green, tennis pavilion and courts fell into disuse during the 1980s.
The 21 acres of peat bog, owned by Sir John Stirling Maxwell, were donated to the Burgh of Pollokshields in 1878.
The bog was drained to the lowest point to form a boating pond, which in the winter became a skating rink.
The Burgh Hall was completed in 1890, the year in which the park officially opened. The park's most impressive features were the bandstand and the magnificent Hamilton Memorial Fountain, erected in 1907.
It was constructed by the Doulton company in the famous Italian white marble from Carrara in Tuscany, as a memorial to Glasgow brothers John and Thomas Hamilton, who hunted in the area when the land was a marsh.
The French Renaissance-style fountain, with tiered basins and a hunting figure on top, has sadly gone the way of many others in Glasgow, suffering from neglect and vandalism.
The putting green, tennis pavilion and courts fell into disuse during the 1980s.
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