Kelvingrove Park Heritage Trail
Kelvingrove Park Heritage Trail 25-28

 

Kelvingrove Park Heritage Trail includes 35 sites of interest.  If you visit the Kelvingrove Park and use the map available to download here it will take you approximately 1 hour 30 minutes to follow the Heritage trail from Kelvingrove Museum to The Kelvinway Bridge.
25. Statue of The Royal Bengal Tigress with a Peacock 1867

Statue of The Royal Bengal Tigress with a Peacock  The Bengal Tigress was the first sculpture erected in Kelvingrove Park. An interesting link with New York and Paris relates to this 1867 bronze sculpture group by Auguste Nicolas Cain (1821-94) after a drawing by Rosa Bonheur.

This magnificent statue was presented to Glasgow by John.S. Kennedy of New York - a Glasgow émigré who became a millionaire in America.

Whilst on his Grand Tour of Europe Kennedy admired Cain’s award winning composition from the Universal Exposition of 1867 in Paris and commissioned a copy for his native City.
The granite pedestal on the Kelvingrove Tigress is by Mossman. Another copy of this sculpture, restored in 2000, stands proudly in Central Park Zoo in New York. This was donated by 12 American philanthropists - including John S. Kennedy and Samuel F.B. Morse.

The original award winning structure remains on exhibit in The Tuilleries in Paris, and a fourth Bengal Tigress by Cain is in a private collection in Newport, Long Island.
Category 'B' listed


26. Granite Staircase (1853-54)

Granite Staircase  In 1854 this splendid granite staircase was erected near Park Gardens, at a cost of £10,000.

Designed by Charles Wilson, the architect responsible for Park Circus and the planning and development of Woodlands Hill, this staircase is unmatched in scale and grandeur in Scotland and of considerable significance as a key element of the character of this stunning residential area.

The stairway forms part of an architectural composition with the residential block or pavilions terminating Park Terrace and Woodlands Terrace, and is linked to the Park Terrace retaining wall and the Park Gate entrance to the Park.
It comprises a 3-stage, monumental granite structure of massive, square, bull-faced and polished ashlar piers connected by granite balustrading and smaller intermediate piers with cast-iron lamp standards. The wide double gateway on the top landing opens into the uppermost walkway in Kelvingrove Park.
Category ‘A’ listed


27. Playground Shelter (1913)

Playground Shelter  This building often known as The Queen’s Room is a 6-bay, single-storey, red brick, Arts and Crafts-style public convenience and children’s shelter.

The paired central arched openings are flanked by narrow segmental arched windows with red sandstone cill course.

Notable for its jerkin-headed and hipped slate roof with overhanging eaves and redtiled ridge, the building features the original, dated rainwater hopper.
Not Listed


28. The Herbaceous Border

The Herbaceous Border  In excess of 190 metres in length, this delightful Herbaceous Border forms one of the park’s main traditional horticultural features.

Divided into two sections by a central pavior path the southern border is backed by a clipped privet hedge whist the northern border is backed by a beech hedge.

The path is lined with seating and bins at regular intervals.

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