Portal to the Past

Eglinton Arms Hotel, Eaglesham

Standing on Gilmour Street at the crossroads in Eaglesham is the Eglinton Arms Hotel. Still a busy hotel and restaurant, this 'C' listed building dates back to the late 18^th Century when it started life as a coaching inn.

Orchard Park Hotel, Giffnock

The Orchard Park Hotel stands on the corner of Park Road and Fenwick Road in the middle of what was once Orchard Farm, a holding that stretched from Park Road to Burnfield Road. This attractive villa was built as a private residence called ‘Orchard House’ at the beginning of the twentieth century and at one time the owner of Orchard Farm lived there. In 1947 it became the Orchard Maternity Nursing Home and first became a hotel in 1962. Inside, the hotel retains many of the house’s original features for example, stained glass, mouldings and woodwork.

Cross Keys Inn, Eaglesham

The Cross Keys Inn in Eaglesham is a ‘B’ listed building, which dates back to the 1700s. It can be found on Montgomery Street, once called South Street, which was one of the original streets of the planned village. A stone bearing the arms of the Montgomery family is built into the doorway. Sadly, the inn is now unoccupied.

Star and Garter Inn, Mearns

The new road from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, which was completed in 1832, ran through Eastwood Toll (then known as Nellie's Toll)) to the Newton and crossed the Old Kilmarnock Road at Loganswell. It became the main road through the area, drawing trade to the Newton and Malletsheugh and away from Mearnskirk. An inn then opened at Malletsheugh, while on the Old Road the Star and Garter Inn closed and became a farm.

The Star and Garter was a former coaching inn and is now a private house.

Cross Stobs Inn, Barrhead

The establishment was mentioned as early as 1695 in the Poll Tax roll under the name of ‘Craw Stabs’. It was leased by the Earl of Glasgow to Andrew Stevenson, road contractor c.1830 and became an old coaching inn where passengers travelling by stagecoach could rest while the horses were changed.