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Queen's Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc na Banrìghinn, Scots: Queen's Pairk) is a park situated on the south side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, between Strathbungo, Shawlands, Battlefield, Mount Florida, and Crosshill The 60-hectare (148-acre) park lies about 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) south of the city centre, [1] and gives its name to a nearby railway station and several other local ...
Gibson was a prominent bank architect at a time when joint-stock banking was an innovation. His 1847 National Bank of Scotland branch in Glasgow led to perhaps his best-known work, the former National Provincial Bank in Bishopsgate, London, designed in 1862. [3] It was listed Grade I in 1950 [4] and is now known as Gibson Hall.
The Camphill Estate was bought by the Glasgow Corporation in 1893 and now forms the basis of Queen's Park. In the late 19th century as Glasgow expanded South during the rapid growth of the industrialisation in the city, the area was built up with tenements. The area became part of the City of Glasgow in 1891, with the last of the original ...
The SEC Centre also has its own railway station, Exhibition Centre, on the Argyle Line of Glasgow's suburban railway network. The 16 storey Forum Hotel (now part of the Crowne Plaza chain) was opened on the site in 1989. [9] In September 1996, a new 5,095 m 2 (54,840 sq ft) exhibition hall, Hall 3, was opened. [10]
Camphill Queen's Park Baptist Church is a 19th-century church building in the south-side of Glasgow, immediately opposite Queen's Park. It was built in the French Gothic style, on designs by William Leiper. The church hall was built in 1873, while the church was completed by 8 October 1876. The octagonal church spire was completed in 1883. [1]
Queen's Park station is now protected as a category B listed building. [4] In 2011, part of the station was converted to house Queen's Park Railway Club, a contemporary art space. [5] In 2018 through 2019, over 750,000 passenger journeys were recorded going to or coming from Queen’s Park Station. [5]
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