Pollokshaws Hall, 2025 Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow

The building was commissioned and endowed for future maintenance by the politician, Sir John Stirling Maxwell of Pollok House as a gift for the people of Pollokshaws. The site he selected in Pollokshaws Road had formed part of the Old Pollok Estate, which had been home to the Maxwell family for over 700 years. The burgh hall was designed by Robert Rowand Anderson in the Scottish Renaissance style The design involved an asymmetrical main frontage with four bays facing Pollokshaws Road; the left bay featured a round-headed doorway on the ground floor with a square tower with cupola above of a similar style to the then recently-demolished Glasgow College in the High Street; the right hand…

The dominant feature is the tower which is intended to replicate the tower on the old Glasgow College in the High Street. <gallery> File:Inside the clock tower, Pollokshaws Burgh Hall (geograph 3665585).jpg|Inside the clock tower File:Burgh Hall, Pollokshaws, Glasgow. Entrance view from the west.jpg|The entrance to the hall File:War Memorial, Burgh Hall, Pollokshaws, Glasgow. View towards Pollokshaws Road.jpg|The war memorial at the hall File:Pollokshaws Burgh Hall (geograph 2658643).jpg|one of five square carvings on the hall File:Pollokshaws Burgh Hall (geograph 2658628).jpg|Carving above the rear door </gallery>