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72-609: Calderwood Castle was located in East Kilbride , Scotland. The castle was situated near the banks of the Rotten Calder Water in what is now Calderglen Country Park . Most likely constructed in the early to mid fifteenth century by the Maxwell family, the original peel tower collapsed in 1773. It was replaced by an extension to a large 18th-century country house called Calderwood House, which has itself since been demolished along with

144-657: A journey time of about 27 minutes. The town is also served by Hairmyres railway station in Hairmyres. East Kilbride's primary bus operator is First Glasgow which provides regular services to the city centre, Busby , Clarkston , Castlemilk , Rutherglen , Blantyre , Hamilton , Motherwell and to many other destinations across Greater Glasgow. McGill's Bus Services provide a service linking East Kilbride to Eaglesham , Newton Mearns , Barrhead , Neilston and Uplawmoor as well as another service to Cambuslang and Halfway . JMB Travel and Whitelaws Coaches also run services in

216-562: A later 1840s Gothic Revival addition. An earlier building is suggested to have stood on the site or more likely a better defended former fort nearby to the north west, which allegedly belonged to the Barony of Mearns (Roland De Mernis); being passed to the Maxwells of Pollok through an alleged marriage not testified by extant genealogical records. The first known castle built on the Calderglen site of

288-459: A major £4 million expansion and re-planning of the existing site to form 14 rapid drive-through stances with new travel centre and CAB facility at the eastern gateway to the Town Centre. The bus station, which was designed by the architectural firm CDA, opened in 2005. The brief given to the designers was that they were "to achieve a fast turn around of buses, safe pedestrian/vehicular segregation and

360-476: A measured drawing competition during his time there. He spent the proceeds on a study trip to Yorkshire, visiting Fountains Abbey among other sites. In 1862 he began as an assistant to David MacGibbon in Edinburgh, and was made a partner in the firm of MacGibbon and Ross in 1872. Soon after this he married Mary MacLaren. Ross began sketching the architecture of Scotland along with his senior partner, contributing to

432-500: A more generic suburban layout of low-density private housing, arranged mainly in cul-de-sacs fed by distributor roads. East Kilbride Civic Centre , which was commissioned by the burgh of East Kilbride was designed by Scott Fraser & Browning, built by Holland, Hannen & Cubitts and completed in 1968. From 1975 East Kilbride lent its name to a local government district in the Strathclyde region . From creation until 1980

504-528: A partner and establishing MacGibbon and Ross ten years later. In 1865 MacGibbon married Jessie Vannan Rintoul, and acquired the estate of Laggan, Ballantrae , from his father. After 1867 they built a new house on the estate (Gurphur, since demolished), and also purchased a house in the Dean Village area of Edinburgh. Later, a larger house was built at Ashfield in Grange Loan . These properties had to be sold in

576-509: A probable dedication to an Irish saint in this part of Scotland is problematic due to linguistic dating issues, but some analysis suggests that churches with cille place-names in the south west represent an early and short-lived influx of Irish church influence in or before the eighth century, which may or may not have involved the Céilí Dé who were monastics. However, it has been suggested by Prof. T. O. Clancy and others that cille place-names in

648-421: A ritual landscape related to ancestor cults and relationships with key topographical features and annual solar events. A flint arrow head was discovered by Allan Forrest, a then child resident whilst groundworks were taking place in his family's garden at Glen Bervie, St Leonards in 1970 which later was identified as dating to 1500 BC (Bronze Age). Prehistoric – possibly Roman – graves have also been found near

720-423: A secure and accessible environment set within an attractive urban realm". There are 14 stances (stands) at the bus station that are equipped with electronic displays showing the next few departures. There is also a Travel Centre which is open Saturdays between 9.00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The operators at the bus station are First Glasgow , McGill's Bus Services , JMB Travel and Whitelaw's Coaches. Many of

792-597: A sense of belonging and place. The town is also home to East Kilbride Arts Centre, a popular arts and performance venue, as well as the longstanding Village Theatre. The town hosted the National Mòd in 1975. East Kilbride F.C. of the Scottish Lowland Football League are based in the town, and play at the K-Park Training Academy at Calderglen Country Park . Motherwell Women F.C of

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864-587: A signature, and that the engraving is believed to be copied after a lost original by Sandby in addition to numerous others held by the King's topography collection at the British Library . This confusion caused the drawing to be lost to those trying to find it for the past 100 years. It was rediscovered in 2015, again by Chris Ladds, and is also now held by the National Galleries of Scotland. Calderwood Castle in

936-660: A small weaving village on the old Calderwood Estate, which is still in good preservation as a residential area within the new town of East Kilbride. In 1904 the Calderwood estate was sold to the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society (SCWS), who used the estate for agriculture. They also opened up the glen as a pleasure ground, and briefly turned the castle into a co-operative museum. During the First World War, around 200 refugees from Belgium were housed in

1008-531: Is also the same year Brigit is supposed to have been born, and the same year of her death. Culdee-type Christian settlements were essential to the spread of the Celtic church in Scotland, with small pagan sites being converted and chapels or cells forming little more than crude shelters, or timber and turf buildings with crude circular enclosures. Additionally, the number of place-name dedications to St. Brigit in Scotland

1080-408: Is both very small and somewhat damaged. It has been moved back to rest against the much larger grave of his wife Jessie. Thomas Ross was the son of a farmer, also Thomas Ross, and Ann Murray. He was born at Wardheads, Errol , and attended local schools before going to Glasgow around 1855 to work as an assistant to architect Alexander Kirkland. He soon moved to the office of Charles Wilson , winning

1152-585: Is divided into a number of smaller neighbourhoods bordered by main through-roads. Part of the new town design was that each of these would be a self-contained entity, with a variety of housing types, local shops and primary schools, and accessed safely for pedestrians via paths and underpasses separate from main roads. This is true for the original areas of the new town (principally Calderwood , Greenhills , The Murray , St Leonards and Westwood ) while newer developments, such as Stewartfield , Lindsayfield and Mossneuk do not adhere as closely to this model and have

1224-460: Is further evidence of the possibility of Culdee activity in the southwest, if extrapolations are allowed from known areas of culdee activity. How this possibility relates to the relatively late dating-periods in the British kingdom of Strathclyde has not been explored owing to a lack of surviving written sources to provide insights for this geographical area. In the early 18th century, the word 'East'

1296-637: Is situated in the Murray. There is one Lutheran parish of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England, which is located in the Westwood hill area. An Evangelical Christian congregation is also located in the Westwood area. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints meeting hall is situated in Vancouver Drive, Westwood. Two congregations of Jehovah's Witnesses share a Kingdom Hall near the centre of

1368-640: Is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland , and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes , about eight miles (thirteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire . The town ends close to the White Cart Water to

1440-832: The BAFA Community Leagues . EK82 Handball Club , founded in 1972, train at the John Wright Sports Centre and the Alistair McCoist Complex. East Kilbride has been twinned with Ballerup , Denmark since 1965. MacGibbon %26 Ross David MacGibbon LLD was born in Edinburgh , into a family of builders, and was educated at the Royal High School . He attended the University of Edinburgh from 1846–49, but did not graduate. In 1851 he joined

1512-728: The East Kilbride District Council was governed by the Scottish National Party (SNP), subsequently, until dissolution, the district was under the control of Labour. In 1996, administrative functions were taken over by the South Lanarkshire unitary council . There is an East Kilbride constituency of the Scottish Parliament . From the opening of the Scottish Parliament , the constituency was represented by Andy Kerr MSP ( Labour ), until May 2011 when

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1584-494: The M74 and M8 motorways . The nearest Glasgow district of Castlemilk is about three miles (five kilometres) northwest, with the Cathkin Braes , farmland and the village of Carmunnock in between; a bypass (the B766) was built in 1988 to remove Glasgow traffic from Carmunnock. Rutherglen and Cambuslang lie about the same distance to the north-east and are linked to East Kilbride via

1656-652: The M77 motorway away from Eaglesham and Newton Mearns . The closest town to the south of East Kilbride is Strathaven , about 7 miles (11 kilometres) away via another section of the A726. The majority of land in the area in between is taken up by Whitelee Wind Farm on the moorland hills to the southwest, including Elrig close to where one of the principal feeder burns of the Calder Water originates. The Calder itself flows northwards past East Kilbride adjacent to Blantyre , before joining

1728-548: The National Galleries of Scotland prints room, Edinburgh.. Another engraving features in facsimile in Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland by MacGibbon & Ross , which is based upon an original sketch described as signed "W. Binton, 1765". It has been shown through examination of this sketch and similar that this actually reads "N. Britain", a reference to 'North Britain' as representing Scotland rather than

1800-534: The River Clyde opposite Daldowie near Newton . East Kilbride is often considered to form part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation. However, the urban area is not directly connected to any other, being designed from the outset to serve as a self-contained town with some commute requirements to Glasgow. The hamlets of Nerston , Kittochside, Auldhouse and Jackton which were once separate settlements are now on

1872-562: The Rolls-Royce factory in East Kilbride prevented engines for military jets being serviced and supplied between 1974 until 1978 to the Chilean military dictatorship is told in the 2018-released documentary, Nae Pasaran . The factory was scheduled for closure in 2017 and was subsequently demolished and the land (at Nerston Industrial Estate ) used for housing; a monument consisting of one of

1944-568: The dual carriageway A749 road which continues into Glasgow. Clarkston and Busby are also about three miles (five kilometres) northwest via the A727 road , with Thorntonhall much closer. Eaglesham lies about three miles (five kilometres) west of East Kilbride centre; the Glasgow Southern Orbital, another modern bypass which is part of the A726 road , keeps East Kilbride traffic heading for

2016-475: The "Edinburgh Magazine or Literary Miscellany". An original finished watercolour of the scene was sold a few decades ago privately by public auction. Sandby worked the latter view up from a simpler bistre sketch of the same view, upon which the later engraving is based. This original sketch is held by the National Library of Wales and originally belonged to the antiquarian and naturalist Thomas Pennant . On

2088-465: The 'Dee of Calder' was a large rectangular tower house. It was constructed in the early 15th century as ascertained from stylistic designs known from images, as well as historical literature. This building, which is described as two adjoined towers with an extraordinarily thick middle wall, collapsed in January 1773 following several days of storms. Later in the 18th century a mansion house was constructed on

2160-515: The 'Maxwells of Calderwood' who resided in Calderwood Castle , and were the oldest branch of the Maxwells of Pollok. The remnants of Calderwood Castle were demolished in 1951 and only a few parts of the structure remain. Calderglen Heritage formally constituted in early 2017 as a body to protect, record, and restore local and national interest in the areas of the former Calderwood and Torrance estates of Calderglen. The story of how workers at

2232-569: The 6th century. Dál Riatan monks afterwards introduced her order to parts of Scotland, although the origins of the East Kilbride example - situated in the West of Scotland, is less certain due to a lack of early historical or linguistic involvement with Dalriada. The Scots anglicisation kil takes its root from the Gaelic cille , borrowed from the Latin for cell or chapel, of St Brigit . the use of cille to mark

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2304-559: The Kype Water close to town of Strathaven, some distance from East Kilbride but suggesting a Roman context for the wider area. Roman coins, footwear, and a Romano-British oil lamp have also been found in the area. East Kilbride traditionally takes its name from an Irish saint named St Bride (or Brigit), who may have founded a monastery for nuns and monks in Kildare in Leinster , Ireland , in

2376-745: The London office of architect William Burn , and made study tours to Europe during the 1850s. From 1856 he went into practice with his father Charles, drawing details for houses. By 1858 he had opened his own office in Edinburgh, later becoming architect to the Merchant Company of Edinburgh , involving work to the city's schools. He was the principal architect to the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1861 (succeeding David Rhind ), designing bank branches for Dunfermline , Kilmarnock , Montrose , and many others. From 1862 he employed Thomas Ross as his assistant, making him

2448-540: The Riviera in 1888. Returning to Scotland, he continued his surveys for the continuing publication of The castellated and domestic architecture of Scotland and The ecclesiastical architecture of Scotland . He began a parallel project on the continent with his son Alfred in the 1890s, although this never reached fruition. His workload brought on a heart condition which worsened over the next years. Although he published The Five Great Churches of Galloway in 1899, by that year he

2520-777: The Scottish Womens Professional League play the majority of their home matches at the K-Park Training Facility based in Calderglen Country Park. East Kilbride Thistle Juniors also operate from The Show Park in the Village. East Kilbride YM FC is the town's oldest football club, founded in 1921. East Kilbride RFC were formed in 1968 and are based at the Torrance House Arena at Calderglen Country Park. From 1976 they rose steadily through

2592-515: The age of 91, and was survived by his son James MacLaren Ross, also an architect, and two daughters. He is buried in Comely Bank Cemetery in north Edinburgh . These surveys include history, descriptions, sketches and measured plans, of buildings throughout the country, every one visited in person. Their published works are still considered definitive today, comprising as they do a "totally comprehensive survey of Scottish architecture prior to

2664-444: The area is populated by many roundabouts , which credible survey work as of August 2023 numbers at 199, inclusive of all types of roundabout and exclusive of traffic islands not functioning as roundabouts. This is despite much spurious reference elsewhere numbering them at over 600. Glaswegians jokingly refer to East Kilbride as " Polo mint City" after the round, mint sweet. The main dual carriageway road running north–south through

2736-462: The area, and the retainers on the lands would have gone by this name, rather than any fortification at the Dee of Calder. 55°46′19″N 4°08′02″W  /  55.77187°N 4.13383°W  / 55.77187; -4.13383 East Kilbride East Kilbride ( / ...   k ɪ l ˈ b r aɪ d / ; Scottish Gaelic : Cille Bhrìghde an Ear [ˈkʲʰiʎə ˈvɾʲiːtʲə əɲ ˈɛɾ] )

2808-646: The area. East Kilbride bus station is managed and operated by the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport . It is situated by East Kilbride Shopping Centre and is situated right outside the Princes Mall section of the Shopping Centre, and is easily accessible from the Olympia Arcade section also. It is approximately a 10-minute walk from the town's rail station . The current bus station went under

2880-506: The basis for the publication of The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland . While on holiday in July 1884, MacGibbon's son William was killed and his daughter Rachel permanently injured when a sandbank collapsed on them. Rachel's lungs were affected and the family were forced to move to the French Riviera to aid her recovery. he continued sketching, publishing The Architecture of

2952-538: The busy roundabouts in East Kilbride feature underpasses which allow pedestrians and cyclists safe access across roads. On 19 June 2009, National Cycling Route 756 , connecting East Kilbride and Rutherglen with the City Boundary, was opened. In November 2007, South Lanarkshire Council published three cycle routes, named the "East Kilbride Cycle Network" which start at the East Kilbride Shopping Centre in

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3024-498: The castle by Robert Purves Bell is in the collection of South Lanarkshire Council . An engraving by A. Robertson after a sketch by Paul Sandby from c. 1750 depicts the castle viewed from the south. The engraving is recorded as having featured in Forsyth's Beauties of Scotland , although this book does not contain the engraving. The engraved view does appear in the August 1788 edition of

3096-570: The castle. The country house fell into disrepair following its use for billeting troops during the Second World War as well as maintenance costs. Calderwood Glen Platform was opened on the Blantyre to East Kilbride line to serve the Calderwood Estate's visitors in 1907, closing in 1939. The estate was purchased by East Kilbride Development Corporation in 1947, by which time most of the castle

3168-489: The centre of the town and are signposted. Route One is route is to Strathaven, via Newlandsmuir; Route Two to St Leonard's Shopping Centre, and Route Three is to Calderglen Country Park . Incidentally East Kilbride prior to new town development was a prized health resort, with cycling being a popular pastime there from the late 19th to early 20th centuries. East Kilbride as a new town was designed to provide elements of culture, sport, and heritage for residents so as to create

3240-512: The city, one being the A727 (formerly A726) leading west to Busby and on to Clarkston Toll. Another route being the A749 which runs north into Rutherglen . Recently, the addition of the Glasgow Southern Orbital road links the west of the town directly with Newton Mearns and the M77 ; this road has taken over the designation A726. Similar to other New Towns , the road network within

3312-664: The district began as ceremonial or ritual sites of burial during the Neolithic, with the use of cup-marked, and other inscribed stones at key elevated sites, only to be later built upon with earth and re-used for burial into the Bronze Age. These findings have found further support through ongoing research indicating that many East Kilbride Cairns first noticed by the Reverend David Ure in his History of Rutherglen and East Kilbride (1793), are embedded, alongside other monuments, into

3384-551: The early 1880s following the crash of the City of Glasgow Bank , to avoid the bankruptcy of MacGibbon's cousins. In 1880 he was elected president of the Edinburgh Architectural Association, and gave lectures on the architecture of Scottish castles and country houses. He had been making field visits and sketching for some years, building up a first-hand knowledge of the topic. It was these surveys and papers which formed

3456-486: The government's Department for International Development , now the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office , is located in the western Hairmyres area of East Kilbride. There are approximately 30 Christian churches in East Kilbride. This includes nine Church of Scotland churches, three Baptist churches, and four Roman Catholic churches. St Bride's RC church is a category A listed building . St Mark's Episcopal church

3528-524: The housing shortage. Glasgow would also undertake the development of its peripheral housing estates. East Kilbride was the first of six new towns in Scotland to be designated, in 1947, followed by Glenrothes (1948), Cumbernauld (1956), Livingston (1962), Irvine (1964) and Stonehouse (1972), although Stonehouse new town was never built. The planned town has been subdivided into residential precincts, each with its own local shops, primary schools and community facilities. The housing precincts surround

3600-739: The housing stock built at the end of the previous century. The Great War postponed any housing improvements, as did the Treaty of Versailles and the period of post-war settlement it created. In turn, this was followed by the Great Depression . After the Second World War , Glasgow, already suffering from chronic housing shortages, incurred bomb damage from the war. In 1946, the Clyde Valley Regional Plan allocated sites where overspill satellite "new towns" could be constructed to help alleviate

3672-407: The latter's public lectures, and culminating in the pair's major publications. After MacGibbon's removal to the continent, Ross managed the practice alone, and also continued to make sketching trips for their ongoing publications. The books brought in many commissions for restoration work, but many schemes were never realised, and business declined generally. After MacGibbon's death in 1902, his place

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3744-406: The leagues, peaking for three years in Premier 2. They now play in the West Regional League 1, the fourth tier of club rugby. They run two senior men's teams and numerous youth teams which are linked to the local schools. Retired Scotland national player Alasdair Strokosch played through all the youth levels at EKRFC. East Kilbride Pirates are the country's top American football team and play in

3816-490: The opinion of many genealogical groups is thought to have been anciently possessed by a family bearing the name Calderwood. In fact Calderwood is so ancient a title that it predates Castles in their modern interpretation. The documents regarding the ancient lands of Calderwood and family are scarce, but do suggest that the name descends from a small village or possibly a defended iron-age town (oppidum) as referred to in marriage charters. There were several Calderwood landholdings in

3888-526: The periphery of the expanding town. Statistically, as of 2020 it is the sixth-largest locality (a single defined populated place) in Scotland with a population of 75,310, but only the tenth-largest settlement , as these are formed by connected clusters of localities: for example neighbouring Hamilton's settlement – 84,450 – is combined with Blantyre, Bothwell and Uddingston to exceed the population of isolated East Kilbride, with neither counted as part of Greater Glasgow under this definition. East Kilbride

3960-433: The practice. He died the following year. Ross continued alone until 1916, when he retired to his home in Saxe-Coburg Place, Edinburgh, occasionally undertaking small commissions. He was arrested in 1915 for sketching in a prohibited area, while studying Rossend Castle in Fife, and fined five shillings. In 1918 he was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy as Professor of Antiquities. He died three years after his wife, at

4032-418: The region, including the East Kilbride example, may instead relate to the main period of Gaelic cultural influx in the period post 900 AD. The original parish church was located on what may have been a site of a pre-Christian significance, and tentatively the origin of the association with St Brigit , since the site may be dedicated to the Celtic goddess Brigid , whose traditions have been continued through

4104-402: The reverence of St Brigit brought on by the Celtic Church. However, this view is unpopular amongst academic audiences due to a complete lack of evidence supporting such earlier origins, thus making it an unfalsifiable concept. Alternatively, the later dedication may commemorate the Scottish St Bryde, who is alleged to have been born in 451 AD and died at Abernethy 74 years later. However, this

4176-412: The richly wooded and festooned valley', and with 'delightful cascades', and described as indescribable, or as 'the GRAND, the ROMANTIC, and BEAUTIFUL' - the latter being the only part of David Ure's book where he emphasised the descriptive characteristics of a place in bold characters. The northern part of the gorge and adjoining Calderwood, the gorge's namesake, was the home of an ancient family known as

4248-432: The same visit Sandby produced a sketch of the Calderwood Linn which features on the back of a more well-known view by him of Bothwell Castle . This sketch was unknown until 2015 when Chris Ladds, a historian, found reference to a wash drawing of a waterfall named "Calderwood Linn on the Clyde". The Sandby sketch of the waterfall belonged to David Laing , a Scottish antiquarian, and is now in the collection of drawings held at

4320-403: The seat was won by Linda Fabiani MSP ( Scottish National Party ). East Kilbride was formerly a constituency of the UK Parliament . In 2005 it was replaced by the constituency of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow . The seat was held from 1987 to 2010 by Labour politician, Adam Ingram . In the 2010 election Labour politician, Michael McCann , previously a South Lanarkshire Councillor

4392-453: The shopping centre, which is bound by a ring road . Industrial estates were concentrated on the outskirts of the town in northern, western and south-eastern directions ( Nerston , College Milton and Kelvin respectively). The Calderglen gorge bordering the eastern fringe of East Kilbride, was celebrated in a high number of printed works as a picturesque forest and 'magnificent in its grouping of craggy heights, sprinkled with trees and [...]

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4464-431: The site, which was extended in the 1840s. The latter development was executed in a spectacular form of Gothic Revival design, quite unique. The design has now been attributed to David Rhind , who was prominent during the period and on personal terms with the Maxwells of Calderwood as well as advertising for the building works during the 1830s. This architect is also thought to have designed the Maxwellton Schoolhouse, within

4536-470: The town is known as the Kingsway , while the main east–west road is known as the Queensway . East Kilbride bus station , at the East Kilbride Shopping Centre , was rebuilt in June 2005 with modern facilities, including 14 rapid drive-through stances, allowing quick turnover of buses. East Kilbride railway station is situated in the Village, about a 10-minute walk from the bus station. Trains depart to Glasgow Central railway station every half-hour, with

4608-467: The town. The Christadelphians meet in Calderwood Community Centre. There are two United Reformed Churches, one in the Village, and one in the Murray. In the Greenhills area is a congregation of the Methodist church, whose premises are currently shared by the Seventh Day Adventist church. An Islamic Centre opened in 2018. East Kilbride is connected to Glasgow city centre by road and rail. Three main roads connect East Kilbride with surrounding suburbs and

4680-401: The unrepaired engines was installed at the town's South Lanarkshire College in 2019. Hamilton , the administrative headquarters for South Lanarkshire Council , is about five miles (eight kilometres) east of East Kilbride. The A725 road linking the towns also passes Blantyre and one of the University of the West of Scotland campuses, with links to Bothwell, Motherwell and ultimately to

4752-479: The west and is bounded by the Rotten Calder Water to the east. Immediately to the north of the modern town centre is The Village , the part of East Kilbride that existed before its post-war development into a New Town. East Kilbride is twinned with the town of Ballerup , in Denmark. The earliest-known evidence of occupation in the area dates as far back as the late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, as archaeological investigation has demonstrated that burial cairns in

4824-409: Was added to the name of East Kilbride, and 'West' to West Kilbride to distinguish the towns from each other. East Kilbride grew from a small village of around 900 inhabitants in 1930 to become a large burgh in 1967. The rapid industrialisation of the 20th century underpins this growth and left much of the working population throughout Scotland's Central Belt , from Glasgow to Edinburgh, living in

4896-472: Was already demolished. The remaining sections were demolished with explosives in 1951. Nothing now remains except half-buried ruins and rubble and the intact walled driveway terrace which fronted the building. The now-ruined Craigneith Castle is located on the opposite side of the river, and served as a decorative folly , visible from Calderwood, as well as a viewing platform for the Calderwood Linn waterfall, and practically as servant quarters. A painting of

4968-441: Was approved in 2006 by South Lanarkshire Council. The plan proposed demolishing some existing buildings to create a new civic centre, health centre, library and shopping facilities. The shopping centre's owners went into administration in 2022. There are plans to demolish a large part of the Centre West segment and turn this into housing with the overall retail space to be reduced and new civic amenities to be built. A branch of

5040-557: Was elected as the MP for the area. In the 2015 election , Lisa Cameron for the SNP was elected as part of the landslide victory the party had in Scotland, with Cameron, after holding the seat in 2017 and 2019 , defecting to the Conservatives in 2023. The town centre is occupied by a large shopping centre comprising six linked malls (The Plaza (development started in 1972), Princes Mall (1984), Southgate (1989), Princes Square (1997), Centre West (2003) and The Hub (2016)). A £400m redevelopment of part of East Kilbride shopping centre

5112-436: Was taken by his son Alfred. Ross himself was appointed as a founder commissioner of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland in 1908, and was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1910. He gave the Rhind lectures in 1899, on Scottish architecture. Fred MacGibbon was later appointed architect to the RCAHMS, but was diagnosed as diabetic and resigned in 1914, dissolving

5184-441: Was too ill to attend the University of St Andrews to accept an honorary degree. In later life he was living with his family at 23 Learmonth Terrace, whilst his office (with Ross) was at 65 Frederick Street in Edinburgh's New Town . He died in 1902, survived by his wife and son, and three daughters. He is buried in the north-west section of the northern (19th century) extension to Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh . His grave

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