Southern Motors operated out of a showroom and garage on the corner of Pollokshaws Road and Titwood Road, on land owned by the Wright family. Their plans for this land appear to have changed more than once.
The Cottages
Where the BP Garage sits now, there were once two substantial houses that dated from the 1850s or earlier. These were Springhill and Greenhill Cottages, at 898 and 910 Pollokshaws Road respectively. Springhill Cottage took its name from the nearby Springhill House – as did the red sandstone tenements of Springhill Gardens (built 1904-6, architect John Nisbet) which replaced the house.
OS Map 1893. Source: NLS Maps
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