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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name                = 56 Partickhill Road.jpg
| static_image_caption             = 56 Partickhill Road, 2021
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Partickhill
| gaelic_name                      = A' Bhrae na Partaig
| scots_name                       = Pairtickhull
| population                       =
| os_grid_reference                = NS557670
| coordinates                      = {{coord|55.8745|-4.3079|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster         = [[Glasgow North (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow North]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvin]]
| post_town                        = GLASGOW
| postcode_district                = G11
| postcode_area                    = G
| dial_code                        = 0141
| edinburgh_distance               = 
| london_distance                  =  
}}
'''Partickhill''' ({{langx|gd|A' Bhrae na Partaig}}) is a district of the city of Glasgow.  Located to the north of [[Partick]], south of [[Hyndland]] and west of [[Dowanhill]], it contains mixed housing stock of tenemental type property and villa style houses, as well as some terraced homes.

==Overview==
[[Partickhill railway station]] closed in 1979 and a new station opened to the south ([[Partick railway station]]).<ref>{{Butt-Stations}} 181.</ref> Middlefield Special School, which opened in 1907 was in the area, occupied the building of the former Anderston Street School's Cripple Children's Class.  The school specialised in the education and care of [[autistic]] children.<ref>'Middlefield School' from Glasgow City Archives, Department of Education, Reference: D-ED 5/29/8/162, Glasgow City Council, Libraries Information and Learning.</ref> The former school was demolished around 2019 and replaced with a new development of 63, 1, 2 and 3 bedroom residential properties constructed by Westpoint Homes. The development was completed in 2022.

The area lacks amenities of its own, but is closely located to those available on either Dumbarton Road or Hyndland Road.

Partickhill Bowling and Community Club is located on Partickhill Road.

==St Kentigern Hostel==
St Kentigern's Hostel, formerly Wellpark House and St Peter's College, is a category B listed building in Partickhill. It is a Jacobean-style building, constructed around 1869.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/sc-32893-10-partickhill-road-st-kentigern-s-hostel British listed buildings] retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> It was situated on Partickhill Road and Hyndland Street next to [[Dowanhill]]. In 1874, the building became St Peter's College, a [[seminary]] for men training to become Roman Catholic priests. In 1877, a small wooden chapel was built behind the house.<ref name=glas>Elizabeth Williamson et al. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=F2gpuPZF_FMC Glasgow]'' (Yale, 1990), p. 369.</ref> In 1892, the college was moved to [[Bearsden]]. In 1906, the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Glasgow|Archdiocese of Glasgow]] turned the building into a St Kentigern's Hostel, a residence for students at nearby teacher training college.<ref name=faith>T. A. Fitzpatrick ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=EJBtuvntOSsC Faith in Education]'' (Ovada Books, 2009) p. 149.</ref> It was run by the [[Marist Brothers]].<ref>''[http://newspapers.bc.edu/cgi-bin/bostonsh?a=d&d=BOSTONSH19081121-01.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-IN-----# Sacred Heart Review]'' 22, 21 November 1908, retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> From 1954 to 1956, the interior of the house was renovated by [[Gillespie, Kidd & Coia]].<ref>[http://www.gsaarchives.net/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=432&q=&rootcontentid=8774 Records of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia Architects, c1917-1987] from [[Glasgow School of Art]], retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> In the 1960s it was a residence for students at the [[Notre Dame College of Education (Glasgow)|Notre Dame College of Education]] in Bearsden.<ref name=faith/> In 1991, flats were built within the property grounds, behind the house.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/22929/page/674/data.pdf The Edinburgh Gazette 15 March 1991] retrieved 27 February 2015</ref> The house became a listed building on 6 February 1989.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB32893|desc=10 Partickhill Road, St Kentigern's Hostel (front building only)|cat=B|mode=cs2|access-date=29 March 2019}}</ref>

The house has been converted into luxury flats with parking. Some original features have been retained in the B listed building.

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{{Areas of Glasgow}}

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[[Category:Partick]]