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Polnoon Drive, GLASGOW, G76 0HS

Polnoon Lodge was originally built as a hunting lodge in the early eighteenth century by Alexander, ninth Earl of Eglinton. Following the sale of the Eaglesham Estate in 1844 to Allan and James Gilmour, the lodge was used as the estate office for a short period of time. Later on Allan Gilmour's mother and sisters occupied the lodge for a time into the 1860s before being let. By the 1920s the lodge operated as a temperance hotel and later on as a boarding house. An annexe was used as a meeting room for local groups and societies. The lodge lay empty by the 1960s and was renovated by Renfrew County Council as housing for the elderly. The restoration work won a Civic Trust Award in 1971. One of the houses in Cheapside Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484249 is a miniature of the lodge http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1643989 and was once occupied by the Eaglesham Estate factor. The Earls had another hunting lodge a few miles away at Cleughearn in East Kilbride Parish. Discover more about Polnoon Lodge and the history of Eaglesham by visiting the Geograph article, Eaglesham The Story of a Planned Village http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Eaglesham-The-Story-of-a-Planned-Village.

This view looks along Gilmour Street to the crossroads. A corn mill once stood on the Orry http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1477760 where the white brick-built bus shelter can be seen in the distance. The Eaglesham Bi-centenary memorial stone http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1424812 is located behind the tree on the right-hand side foreground. Links to other views of Gilmour Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484257 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1450255 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484253 .

Hotel on Gilmour Street in Eaglesham.

The Eaglesham Bi-centenary memorial stone was unveiled by the Marquis of Bute at a ceremony held on 7th May 1972 in acknowledgement of the work of Sheriff James Young and Mr Geoffrey Rhodes. The inscription on the plaque reads 'This plaque was erected by Renfrew County Council and Eaglesham Restoration Joint Committee in acknowledgement of the work of Sheriff J.B.M. Young and Mr G.M. Rhodes towards the preservation of Eaglesham.' The unveiling ceremony was performed on the tercentenary of the granting of the Royal Charter to hold a weekly market and yearly fair. Click on this http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484265 to see the location of the Bi-centenary stone.

The Fair Queen and Usher lead the procession to the common green for the crowning of the Queen and opening of the 2009 Eaglesham Fair. The carriage is drawn by a magnificent pair of Clydesdale horses driven by Jimmy Steel of Jackton. Alexander, the eighth Earl of Eglinton, obtained for the inhabitants a charter for a weekly market and an annual fair in 1672. The fair was held on the last Thursday in August when horse-races took place. Nowadays the fair is held bi-annually in June.

The Eglinton Arms Hotel stands in Gilmour Street. The hotel was built around 1835 as a coaching inn with later alterations and additions. Nearby at the crossroads, is the old schoolhouse http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1826308 ; one of three schools that were located in the village. Links to other views of Gilmour Street http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484265 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1484253 and hotels and inns http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2012069 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1875376 .