@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialRather oddly, on Doune Gardens/Quadrant itself, a modern vehicle barrier has been erected at the exact spot where the wall once stood, so recreating Walker's spite wall in a new form some 150 years after it was initially built.
@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialRather than join forces and build a single bridge, the two developers fell out and in the end each built their own. The bank built the Belmont Street Bridge (which is still there) and Walker built another a short distance further west (now gone).
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialIn this case, it was a neighbouring developer, the City of Glasgow Bank. The main problem faced by both developers was how to connect their land to the city's rapidly expanding West End on the other side of the nearby River Kelvin.
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialWell, it's because it was here, in 1869, that a developer by the name of John Ewing Walker built a spite wall (outlined in red on the 1892 map on the right). A spite wall is a one constructed purely to inconvenience or annoy a neighbour.
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@thisismyglasgow.bsky.socialIf you walk west along Doune Gardens in the North Kelvinside area of Glasgow, you may notice something odd. For no obvious reason, the buildings suddenly change and its name becomes Doune Quadrant. So, why does this happen?
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