It is amazing what you can spy in Glasgow when you least expect it - if you keep your eyes open.

There is so much in the way of intricate architecture round almost every corner.

And it's always a bit of a thrill when something jumps out at you that you hadn't known existed and that you didn't go in search of.

So it was this week when I was heading from Crossmyloof station to Shawlands along Minard Road.

My attention was caught by two sculptured reliefs on the red sandstone building at the junction of Minard Road and Westclyffe Street.

In architectural speak they are known as cartouches and both are beautifully elaborate.

The one facing Minard Road simply had the name 'Minard Road' carved, while the one on Westclyffe Street had the entwined inscription 1904.

So, with no idea of the history of these rather stunning pieces of work, at least I knew the building had been completed at the turn of last century.

No surprise really - the extravagant nature Victorian era was still influencing all walks of British life.

The rest of the building at the corner of the street is equally impressive - the windows, the eaves and the roof are all ornate.

MInard Road and the area round Waverley Gardens was not completed until the tail end of the 19th century.

I don't know who the designer or architect was in this case - perhaps someone can help me with the answer.

Crossmyloof at the time was a village of handloom weavers with a population of around 500.

The street nowadays is a busy one linking Crossmlyoof station with the junction that houses the Corona Bar.

But these architectural examples are wonderful.

And of course they beg the question, how many more were destroyed in the name of progress?