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Braehead B&Q Derelict Building - Shiels Farm

PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:33 pm
by tobester
Dunno if this is the right place, but i was wondereing if anyone knew anything about the derelict building thats next to B&Q Braehead, its on the road back to govan, at the mini roundabout thats next to ikea, i noticed it today in the car with the gf.

Its closed up and has scaffolding inside it

PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:29 pm
by McShad
Is it not something to do with the dock right behind it?

PostPosted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:49 am
by Renfrew Ross
I believe the derilict building is something to do with the docks, however, it must be pretty close to where the railway line used to run down to Renfrew.

yes ! wot is that bldg?

PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:01 pm
by scottishyank
hello ! this is my first post and thank you for accepting me.

Yes that is my question too ! does any one know wot that bldg is ..i work near to that and its driving us all mad trying to find out the history of this bldg. i have emailed several people on this .. I found out that breahead owes it and they call it the butterfly house, but no-one knows it by that or no searchs come up on that . i am going to have to go to the mitchell library i GUESS.. if no one here ..knows any thing about it ... thanks..............

PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:37 pm
by Fossil

PostPosted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:20 pm
by ramor69
This was spotted by nodrog -
http://tinyurl.com/y9nt6c

As the article was dated 1989, you can see it has
decayed a bit since then.

PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:34 pm
by Pgcc93
Hi Tobester & scottishyank,

This was from an earlier off forum discussion a while back about Shiels Farm. 8)

glasgowken wrote:Was this a working farm ?
It must be the most unusual location for a farm in the UK 8O

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Pgcc93 wrote:The house in question is the one above the farm buildings in the trees. It's got scaffolding and wooden hoarding surrounding it today.

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Modern Fossil wrote:
and here it is
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Fossil



yoker brian wrote:Foss - sorry its a bit rushed - the 1864 map is a bit poor to use and line up properly. So here's one using a 1915 map.

The building that is at Braehead is marked Shiels. - possibly the name of the farm. Braehead farm is at the extreame left of the picture.

This is before KG5 docks were built, and the river was widened.

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Cheers
YB

PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:37 pm
by Jazza
Off topic a wee bit, but can anyone think of another company that could fll the empty B&Q at breahead. I think that will be empty for a good while...

PostPosted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:55 pm
by skintobalinto
BigCraig wrote:Off topic a wee bit, but can anyone think of another company that could fll the empty B&Q at breahead. I think that will be empty for a good while...


I read somewhere, maybe on this site that Costco are looking at it.

PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:09 pm
by scottishyank
you all are GREAT!! thanks for all of your hard work! now does anyone know the history of the family?

Thanks for all the info!!

PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:50 pm
by AlanM
scottishyank wrote:you all are GREAT!! thanks for all of your hard work! now does anyone know the history of the family?

Thanks for all the info!!


the aerial shots were taken in the 60's and there wasn't much else on King's Inch Rd at the time so it wouldn't take a great deal to get started.

Old telephone directories / voters' rolls etc. are available to view in the Mitchell. The farm's books may also be archived somewhere if it was run as a ltd company.

Alan

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 12:13 am
by McShad
AlanM wrote:
Old telephone directories / voters' rolls etc. are available to view in the Mitchell. The farm's books may also be archived somewhere if it was run as a ltd company.

Alan


Would the voters role for Kings Inch road be kept at the Mitchell? Isnt it Renfrewshire? I know that Braehead is governed by Renfrewshire council but only after both councils had a handbag fight about it

PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:21 pm
by AlanM
McShad wrote:
AlanM wrote:
Old telephone directories / voters' rolls etc. are available to view in the Mitchell. The farm's books may also be archived somewhere if it was run as a ltd company.

Alan


Would the voters role for Kings Inch road be kept at the Mitchell? Isnt it Renfrewshire? I know that Braehead is governed by Renfrewshire council but only after both councils had a handbag fight about it


The whole Braehead Shopping centre used to be inside Glasgow's boundaries (apart from the last 2 tills in Sainsbury's and the Petrol station) until the boundaries were redrawn fairly recently making the KGV docks the city limits.

Alan

PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:42 am
by scottishyank
hello again..
Again , Thanks for all the input!
When I began my search of this Bldg, I emailed Park-lane and they know this bldg. as the Butterfly Farm.
Does anyone know anything it being called as that? Maybe something going on in one of the prior pics of the farm and those out bldgs?

PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:34 am
by scottishyank
i have found in the wards
which this falls in to ward 30 and on page 119 is the house and property is listed and the tenants name is a thomas fulton listed as a farmer, and i believe the owners of the land is the glasgow & paisley joint railway..
anyone else found anything..?