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Gladston House
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Gladston House
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bishopton Royal Ordnance Factory
Canmore ID 302103
Site Number NS47SW 154
NGR NS 43619 70359
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302103
- Council Renfrewshire
- Parish Erskine
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Renfrew
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS47SW 154 43619 70359
No evidence could be seen of Gladston House in an area now taken by a car park immediately S of the present main administration building for the Royal Ordnance Factory (NS47SW 149.01).
The building is depicted as roofed on the OS 6-inch map (Renfrewshire, 1863, sheet vii) and the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) describes the house as ' A neat dwelling with garden attached. The propert of Matthew Rodger Esq. (Name Book 1857).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), January 2010