Rosshall is an area in the south-west of

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

, Scotland, within the Cardonald ward of

Glasgow City Council Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...

. It has a fairly isolated location, with the

White Cart Water The River Cart ( sco, River Cairt) is a tributary of the River Clyde, Scotland, which it joins from the west roughly midway between the towns of Erskine and Renfrew and opposite the town of Clydebank. The River Cart itself is very short, being f ...

forming a border to the south and east, the Paisley Canal Line railway to the north, and open fields to the west that form a short

green belt A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which hav ...

between Glasgow and the large town of Paisley – the nearest building to the west, Rosshall Mains Farm, falls under Paisley administration rather than Glasgow.

Description

The origin of the name derives from the

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who owned the surrounding

Hawkhead Hawkhead ( sco, Hauchheid, gd, Ceann an Dail) is an area near Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The village is on the Hawkhead Burn and White Cart Water, crossed via Hawkhead Bridge. It is near Dykebar, Hunterhill and Blackhall neighbourhood ...

estate from the 13th to the end of the 19th century. In addition to a small cluster of post-World War II housing surrounding a

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, the main features of the area include the

Rosshall Academy Rosshall Academy is a secondary school in the Rosshall ( Crookston) area of Glasgow, Scotland. The school was formed in August 1999 to merge Penilee Secondary School ( Penilee) and Crookston Castle Secondary School (Pollok) and moved to a new b ...

secondary school (built there in 2002 due to its central location between the two schools being merged to form it, at

Penilee Penilee is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North a ...

to the north and

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 ...

to the south). Ross Hall Hospital (geograph 3947857)

Ross Hall Hospital, now a private healthcare facility, is based in the former

country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

of the same name (built 1877, at one time the residence of the owner of the

Lobnitz Lobnitz & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding company located at Renfrew on the River Clyde, west of the Renfrew Ferry crossing and east of the confluence with the River Cart. The Lobnitz family lived at Chapeltoun House in East Ayrshire. Th ...

shipyards on the

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), later the 'Scottish Hotel School' linked to the

University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

.From historic tale to best seller
The Herald, 23 February 2000 Rosshall Park (purchased by the city and opened to the public in the 1960s) was created from the estate grounds of the current mansion and includes the ruined remains of its predecessor 'Ross Hill'.

National Cycle Route 7 Route For mapping purposes, the route is split at Glasgow into Lochs and Glens (south) and (north) Sunderland to Carlisle This route follows the Sea to Sea (C2C) cycle route for much of its length before the C2C departs to Whitehaven and N ...

runs through the park, which has a Category B listed walled rock garden designed by

James Pulham and Son James Pulham and Son was a firm of Victorian landscape gardeners and terracotta manufacturers which exhibited and won medals at London's Great Exhibition of 1851 and 1862 International Exhibition. History James Pulham and Son was founded by Ja ...

. The estate's red sandstone stables block off the main road was adapted into apartments in the 1990s, Opposite the stables block on the main road is a public house, 'The Pines', a converted mansion which has had its present function for several decades. Rosshall is part of the wider Crookston areaCrookston Heritage Trail

which includes two distinct localities, one immediately to the north of Rosshall including

Crookston railway station Crookston railway station is a railway station in Crookston, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station is managed by ScotRail and lies on the Paisley Canal Line which was reopened by British Rail, 4 miles (7 km) west of Glasgow C ...

and formed mostly by large suburban villas developed in the late 19th century, with the neighbourhoods of Ralston (in

Renfrewshire Renfrewshire () ( sco, Renfrewshire; gd, Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Located in the west central Lowlands, it is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfr ...

) and

Cardonald Cardonald ( sco, Cardonal, gd, Cair Dhòmhnaill
) is ...

(in the City of Glasgow) at either end, and the other part – to the south of Rosshall via the ''Howford Bridge'' over the White Cart which also leads to Pollok and

Crookston Castle Crookston Castle is a ruined medieval castle in the Pollok area of Glasgow, Scotland. It is located some 5 miles (8 km) south-west of the city centre, on a hill overlooking the Levern Water, just before its confluence with the White Cart ...

Glasgow, Howford Bridge
Canmore – comprising a sprawling development of modern suburban housing, including the original buildings of

Leverndale Hospital Leverndale Hospital is a mental health facility at Crookston, Glasgow, Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. The , which has been taken out of use, is Category A listed. History The hospital, which was designed by Malcolm Star ...

now converted into apartments.

References

External links

South Cardonald and Crookston Community Council
* {{Areas of Glasgow Areas of Glasgow Parks and commons in Glasgow