Given Strathbungo’s links to the great Greek Thomson I took a stroll the other week to see what other Thomson buildings I could find within a short walk of Strathbungo and came across a surprising number. My walk took me first to Maria Villa, on Mansion House Road in Langside over to Millbrae Crescent (now with a sturdy flood prevention wall round the back). Holmwood House is an energetic walk a little further. (But once you have made it over there do take a walk around the magnificent Linn Park and over to the stunning Snuff Mill Bridge)
Closer to home of course are his tenements on Darnley Road and Nisthdale Drive which most of us pass every day but over at the corner of Albert Drive and Shields Road in Pollokshields is The Knowe. There are many others in Glasgow too numerous to mention but if you are a Thomson fan you can find them all on this Google Map I created of them. Please feel free to edit and amend the map adding comments on the buildings.
Thanks for this article – a good way to tour the southside as well as enjoy the architecture. There’s also a campaign underway to save his wonderful Egyptian Halls on Union Street. Find out more here: http://www.egyptianhalls.co.uk/
For those wanting to find out more about the buildings in and around Strathbungo, the annual Bungo In The Back Lanes architecture trail is taking place again this year. The guided tour begins at 12.30pm outside Samuel Dow’s on Nithsdale Rd on Saturday 18th June. Dress for a walk, the cobbles and the weather!