Stockwell Street, Glasgow. Andrew Purdon’s Tavern, C 1840. The “Best Ale Under The Sun” was said to have been served at the Tavern which was located in the building shown above. It stood at the southern end of Stockwell Street close to the River Clyde and had a thatched roof and crow-stepped chimney stacks. A […]
Stockwell Street
The Clan Inn.
Stockwell Street, Glasgow. Demolished. In 1757 Glasgow’s Custom House moved from the Broomielaw to this building at the south-west corner of Stockwell Street, at the western end of the old Water Port Dyke. Customs officials recorded all Clyde shipping entries and collected duties for the Crown, which rented the building for £12 per year. The […]
The Clutha Vaults.
169 Stockwell Street, Glasgow. G1 4SP. Tel: 0141 552 7400. The Clutha Vaults. 1992. The History of this popular Bar… In 1814 a year before the Battle of Waterloo a gentleman called, Matthew Park built a handsome tenement at the foot of Stockwell Street this land was known as Park’s land. It wasn’t until the […]