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What do you know about Shawlands?
Shawlands is an inner suburb of Glasgow, which like many similar areas in the city, grew up as a direct response to improved tram links to the city centre, and the need for working/middle class housing prompted by the city's growth in population and economy.
An 18th Century painting shows Shawlands as completely undeveloped, save for a solitary cottage at the Cross (the meeting place of Pollokshaws Road and Kilmarnock Road, and not as is sometimes assumed, the junction of Langside Avenue/Minard Road and Pollokshaws Road).
This would change dramatically within the next century.
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Property to rent in Shawlands
Local properties from s1rental.com
- DUMBRECK - Fleurs Avenue
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2 bedroom House
Dumbreck, £595
- Calder Street
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2 bedroom Flat
Govanhill, £465
- Cuthbertson Street
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1 bedroom Flat
Govanhill, £395
- Skirving Street
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1 bedroom Flat
Shawlands, £395
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Property for sale in Shawlands
Local properties from s1homes.com
- Kilmarnock Road
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2 bedroom Flat
Shawlands, £125,000
- Prince Edward Street
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2 bedroom Flat
Queens Park, £110,000
- Sandend Road
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3 bedroom Semi-detached
Crookston, £143,500
- Sherbrooke Gardens
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5 bedroom Detached
Pollokshields, £439,000
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