1230 Tollcross Road,Tollcross, Glasgow. G32 8UW.Tel: 01417631027.
Fullarton Park Hotel. 1991.
This was owned by the Mortimer family and was a well known night club the Sandmyle. It know has a trendy restaurant attached which is one of the best in the east end of Glasgow, well worth a visit.
The history of this well established hotel can be traced back to 1897.
In December 1897 Alexander Scott M.D. acquired land and began to arrange for the building of Waverley Lodge. The land register describes it as “Waverley Lodge Tollcross 1230 Tollcross Road. 2 Roods of ground with villa thereon at Tollcross on the south side of the public road from Glasgow to Hamilton being part of the lands of Carmyle in the Parish of Shettleston.” (A rood is an Old English unit of area, equal to a quarter of an acre.
Alexander Scott (1843-1919) was a significant character who, despite coming from a carter’s family, became a doctor, teacher, government factory inspector and chairman of school boards.
In the 1901 census Dr. Alexander Scott was living with his 4 children and a servant at Waverley Lodge in Shettleston – the house that he had built. His first wife had died in 1898.
Mr Alexander Scott M.D.
Alexander’s sense of pride in his house is shown in the addition of his initials ‘A’ and ‘S’ on the detail between the chimneys.
In 1904 (by then 61) Alexander Scott married Agnes (Nancy) Tenant Collins aged 35. At the time of the wedding Alexander was living at 12 Newton Place, Glasgow. He had moved to the more popular west of the city.
In the 1913/14 Valuation Roll Alexander Scott is listed as the owner of Waverley Lodge
In the 1913/14 Valuation Roll Alexander Scott is listed as the owner of Waverley Lodge
Tollcross Road Waverley Lodge, House & Stables.
Proprietor: Dr. Alexander Scott 4 Newton Terrace, Glasgow, per Dansken and Fletcher, 9 Dalmarnock Street.
Tenant: Dr. Dugald McKinlay.
Annual rent or value: £60.
Hence it appears that Dr. Dugald McKinlay, who was living in Waverley ran his surgery from 641 Tollcross Road. Dr. Duglad McKinlay continued to live in the house as a tenant until Dr. Alexander Scott died in 1919.
The following is taken from the land registers:
On 16th May 1919 the Trustees of the deceased Alexander Scott sold Waverley lodge to Dugald McKinlay M.D. of Waverley Lodge, Tollcross Glasgow for the sum of £1,475.
The house remained in his family until 3rd February 1943 when Gertrude Marnoch McKinlay sold it to John Hughes Murray, Medical Practitioner, 89 Drumover Drive, Parkhead Glasgow, for £1,200 after the death of Dr. Dugald McKinlay.
On 15th January 1959 Waverley Lodge was disposed of by the Trustees of John Hughes Murray, Medical Practitioner, 1230 Tollcross Road, Glasgow “at the request of George Fisher Pearson Mattress Manufacturer, 544 Paisley Road West, Glasgow” to Glasgow building society for £2,500.
On 6th December 1968 it was disposed of by Scottish Building Society, “with consent of and by George Fisher Pearson, Mattress Manufacturer, sometime 544 Paisley Road West now 1230 Tollcross Road Glasgow to John Aird Bluebell Oils Limited, 29 Old Shettleston Road Glasgow” for £6,500.
On 30th November 1978 Waverley Lodge was disposed of by John Aird Bluebell Oils Limited, 29 Old Shettleston Road Glasgow and residing at 19 Alton Street West Kilbride, Ayrshire to James Edward, 12 Clydeneuk Drive, Uddingston Lanarkshire for £20,000.
In 1979 Waverley Lodge was used by James Edward as standard security against various loans from Allied Breweries UK Ltd.
On 13th October 1983 it was disposed of by “James Edward Hotelier, 12 Clydeneuk Drive, Uddingston Lanarkshire” to John Reilly Cameron 8 Montrose Gardens, Blantyre and Robert Crilly 83 Croftburn Drive, Glasgow. By then it seemed to be called “Sandmyle Hotel”. It was sold for £175,000 (which included £122,500 for the value of the goods and subjects and £52,500 for goodwill).
In 1983 the property was used by John Reilly Cameron 8 Montrose Gardens, Blantyre and Robert Crilly 83 Croftburn Drive, Glasgow as standard security against various loans from Ind Coope Alloa Brewery Company Limited and Allied Irish Banks. During this period it continued to have the name “Sandmyle Hotel”
On 15th January 1985 it was disposed of by John Reilly Cameron 8 Montrose Gardens, Blantyre and Robert Bisset Crilly 83 Croftburn Drive, Glasgow Hoteliers and Trustees for their firm of Cameron and Crilly to Harmony Hotels Limited. ”. It was again sold for £175,000 (which included £122,500 for the value of the goods and subjects and £52,500 for goodwill).
In 1985 it was used by Harmony Hotels as standard security for sums from Alloa Brewery Company Limited and Allied Irish Banks Limited.
It is named ‘The Fullarton Park Hotel’ and is owned by Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd.
Thanks to Rosemary Scott for the information on the Waverley Lodge.
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Recently in Tollcross Road, Glasgow, is the six-bedroomed Sandmyle Hotel, owned by Mr. James Edward, who has strong family support. His wife Delia is responsible for the day-to-day running of the hotel, helped by son James and daughter-in-law Ann. They are pictured pictured in the centre with (left) Bob Crilly and (right) Alec Jackson, both of the Ind Coope Scotland. 1979.
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Fullarton Park Hotel. 2005.
James Mortimer’s family advert.
