View of central block from south with gatepiers in foreground Digital image of D 68055 CN

Description View of central block from south with gatepiers in foreground Digital image of D 68055 CN

Date 6/4/2000

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 799849

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 68055 CN

Scope and Content Garden front, Pollok House, Pollok Park, Pollokshaws Road, Glasgow, from south The original block of the house is of three storeys, with a basement floor. The exterior is rather austere in appearance, reflecting 18th-century architectural fashion. The only applied decoration is the carved floral swags at first- and second-floor levels, and the garden door with Gibbs surround (alternating large and small blocks of stone). The door is reached through a terraced garden, laid out in the early 20th century. The twin lions guarding the gate were carved in the 1940s by Hew Lorimer (1902-93), son of the famous architect Sir Robert Lorimer (1864-1929). The architect of the house is unknown. It is recorded that the 2nd Baronet, Sir John Maxwell (1686-1752), consulted with William Adam in 1737, but there is no evidence to suggest that the house was constructed to Adam's designs. Pollok House was built between 1747 and 1752, and was added to by later members of the Maxwell family. Sir John Stirling Maxwell (1867-1956), who commissioned a number of alterations to the house, was a founding member of The National Trust for Scotland, which now cares for the house and grounds, which are open to the public. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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