Rosshall
{{short description|Area of Glasgow}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2019}}
{{infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| official_name = Rosshall
| gaelic_name = Càrn{{cn|date=June 2024}}
| scots_name =
| population = 700
| population_ref = [https://simd.scot/#/simd2020/BTTTFTT/9/-4.0000/55.9000/ Map Chooser], Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation 2020
| os_grid_reference = NS518633
| coordinates = {{coord|55.839888|-4.365439|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland = Glasgow City Council
| lieutenancy_scotland = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster = Glasgow South West
| constituency_scottish_parliament = Glasgow Pollok
| post_town = Glasgow
| postcode_district = G52 3
| postcode_area = G
| dial_code = 0141
| static_image_name = Green space beside Cairnhill Circus (geograph 5903483).jpg
| static_image_caption = Green space on the banks of the White Cart, looking towards Cairnhill Circus
}}
Rosshall is an area in the south-west of Glasgow, Scotland, within the Cardonald ward of Glasgow City Council. It has a fairly isolated location, with the White Cart Water 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 between Glasgow and the large town of Paisley – the nearest building {{convert|500|yd}} to the west, Rosshall Mains Farm, falls under Paisley administration rather than Glasgow.
Description
The origin of the name derives from the Ross family who owned the surrounding Hawkhead estate from the 13th to the end of the 19th century.[https://www.paisley.org.uk/paisley-history/paisley-mansions/ Paisley Mansions: Hawkhead], Paisley.org
In addition to a small cluster of post-World War II housing surrounding a nursery school,[http://www.rosshall-nursery.glasgow.sch.uk/Menu/Menu.aspx?Menu=SiteMenus&SubMenu=OurSchool Our School], Rosshall Nursery School[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=55.8412&lon=-4.3684&layers=170&b=1 OS National Grid Maps, 1944-1967], Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland) the main features of the area include the Rosshall Academy secondary school (built there in 2002 due to its central location between the two schools being merged to form it, at Penilee to the north and Pollok to the south).[https://www.tes.com/news/glasgow-leads-first-wave-closures Glasgow leads first wave of closures], TES (magazine), 5 April 1996
File:Ross Hall Hospital (geograph 3947857).jpg
Ross Hall Hospital,[https://canmore.org.uk/site/249227/glasgow-221-crookston-road-rosshall-hospital Glasgow, 221 Crookston Road, Rosshall Hospital], Canmore now a private healthcare facility, is based in the former country house of the same name (built 1877, at one time the residence of the owner of the Lobnitz shipyards on the River Clyde), later the 'Scottish Hotel School' linked to the University of Strathclyde.[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=55.8409&lon=-4.3651&layers=5&b=1 OS Six-inch 1st edition, 1843-1882], Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland)[https://www.theglasgowstory.com/image/?inum=TGSS00046 Ross Hall (Strathclyde University Archives, 1970)], The Glasgow Story[https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12214503.from-historic-tale-to-best-seller/ From historic tale to best seller], The Herald, 23 February 2000 According to residents of Cairnhill, the houses in the area used to be part of an assisted living scheme for patients at Leverndale Hospital.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
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'.[http://www.friendsofrosshallpark.btck.co.uk/HistoryHeritageofRosshall History of Ross Hall], Friends of Rosshall Park National Cycle Route 7
runs through the park, which has a Category B listed walled rock garden designed by James Pulham and Son.[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200395675-197-crookston-road-ross-hall-park-grotto-rock-garden-passage-retaining-wall-boat-house-and-ornamental-paths-glasgow#.XZMFFUTTXN4 197 Crookston Road, Ross Hall Park, Grotto, Rock Garden, Passage, Retaining Wall, Boat House and Orn], British Listed Buildings The estate's red sandstone stables block off the main road was adapted into apartments in the 1990s,[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200377370-161-crookston-road-former-stable-block-to-ross-hall-glasgow#.XZMF2ETTXN4 161 Crookston Road, Former Stable Block to Ross Hall], British Listed Buildings Opposite the stables block on the main road is a gastro pub, 'The Pines', a converted black-and-white painted Tudor-style mansion and physician's residence / surgery which has had its present function for several decades.[https://canmore.org.uk/site/251193/glasgow-210-crookston-road-the-pines Glasgow, 210 Crookston Road, The Pines], Canmore
Rosshall is part of the wider Crookston area[https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/media/3636/Crookston-Heritage-Trail-revised1-small/pdf/Crookston_Heritage_Trail_revised1_small.pdf?m=1678976553477 Crookston Heritage Trail], Glasgow City Council which includes two distinct localities, one immediately to the north of Rosshall including Crookston railway station and formed mostly by large suburban villas developed in the late 19th century,[https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=55.8411&lon=-4.3698&layers=168&b=1 OS 25 inch Scotland, 1892-1905], Explore georeferenced maps (National Library of Scotland) with the neighbourhoods of Ralston (in Renfrewshire) and Cardonald (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[https://canmore.org.uk/site/213373/glasgow-howford-bridge Glasgow, Howford Bridge], Canmore – comprising a sprawling development of modern suburban housing, including the original buildings of Leverndale Hospital now converted into apartments.
References
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External links
- V[https://southcardonaldcrookstoncc.wordpress.com/ South Cardonald and Crookston Community Council]
- {{commons category-inline|Rosshall Park and Gardens, Glasgow}}
{{Areas of Glasgow}}