Househillwood is a residential neighbourhood of

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, Scotland, situated in the south-west of the city.

Location and history

Househillwood is close to the centre of the

Pollok Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...

district and is often considered to be part of ' Greater Pollok' (a

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), although the construction of Househillwood in the 1930s (about 800 homes)Househillwood Housing (Glasgow City Archives, Department of Architectural and Civic Design, 1950)
The Glasgow Story predates the Pollok scheme's main period of building after

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. It was also established prior to the adjoining neighbourhoods to the south,

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and Craigbank (the latter generally considered part of

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). Maps of these areas show a continuation of streets and a similar building style, namely

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s and terraced houses, but at ground level there are noticeable differences between the designs of the different decades, the final streets belonging to Househillwood being Brock Road and Hartstone Road. The layout of the streets is fairly symmetrical, with the main Peat Road running through the centre of the neighbourhood. The only modern housing, developed in 2016, is built on the site of a school. Rose Gardens in Househill Park, Glasgow (geograph 3734719)

Rose Gardens in Househill Park, Glasgow (geograph 3734719)

It is flanked to the west by Househill Park, which features a play area and small rose garden with the

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flowing through it, and was the location of ''Hous'hill'', the local

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OS Six-inch 1st edition, 1843–1882
Explore georeferenced maps (

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) (dating from the early 1800s and once home to team room entrepreneur

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) until its demolition following a fire, shortly before the building of the housing estateHousehill (Hous'hill) (Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, Dougan Collection, 1870)
The Glasgow Story – the rest of the surrounding land in the area was open woodland or farmers' fields. To the east is the

Silverburn Centre Silverburn (also known as Pollok Town Centre or The Centre) is an out-of-town shopping centre located on Barrhead Road in Pollok, Glasgow, Scotland. The development replaces the Pollok centre with a brand new shopping centre, anchored by T ...

(a large 'out of town' retail, dining and cinema complex) and the ''Brock Burn'';Mall shoppers dump 200 trolleys in burn
Evening Times, 16 June 2014 the two waters converge a short distance to the north. There are few amenities in Househillwood itself, with the closest churches and schools located in Priesthill and Craigbank along with the local housing office, and others (health centre, library, sports centre, bus station) at the ''Pollok civic realm'' immediately to the north adjacent to Silverburn. The closest railway stations are and , both located to the south on the

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. Actor

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and newspaper columnist Tom Shields ( The Herald 'Diary') were brought up in the area.Shields on Shields
Daily Record, 19 August 2002 (via The Free Library)

References

External links

Priesthill and Househillwood Thriving Place
Glasgow Community Planning Partnership, October 2017
Priesthill and Househillwood
Understanding Glasgow, 2012 {{Areas of Glasgow Areas of Glasgow