Pollokshaws Toll Booth
The toll house was built to collect tolls from the newly built Pollokshaws and Barrhead Rd's. These were both built in 1797 to avoid the steep hills to the north and south of Pollokshaws and to bypass the congested village centre. These roads joined up at the Round Toll, which became a regular stopping place for the Royal Sovereign stagecoach from Irvine and the Levern Trader from Barrhead. The old tollhouse dates from around 1800 and was extensively restored in 1995 with the lighting being added as part of the same scheme that lights our bridges. Interestingly, at one point the toll house had a license and was much frequented, shall we say, by the racegoers of the Shaws races.
Toll Booth 1910
Toll Booth 1932
Toll Booth 1958
Toll Booth 2012
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