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Glasgow, Thornliebank, Rouken Glen Park, Thornliebank House
House (19th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, Thornliebank, Rouken Glen Park, Thornliebank House
Classification House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Birkenshaw House; Birkinshaw House; Rouken Glen Mansion House
Canmore ID 197155
Site Number NS55NW 97
NGR NS 54901 58261
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/197155
- Council East Renfrewshire
- Parish Eastwood (Eastwood)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Eastwood
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS55NW 97 54901 58261
The house is depicted on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1956, and has since been demolished.
Information from RCAHMS (TIC), September 2001.
NMRS REFERENCE
See NMRS catalogue Strathclyde, Eastwood for typed reference.
Owner: Parks Department, Glasgow Corporation.
Demolished July 1965
See NMRS catalogue book Strathclyde Renfrew A-G for typed description of Birkenshaw House.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Glasgow & Lanarkshire Illustrated - article & photograph
1910, p.15.
Excavation (4 September 2015 - 12 September 2015)
NS 54901 58261 (Canmore ID: 197155) Archaeology Scotland conducted an excavation in partnership with East Renfrewshire Council, 4–12 September 2015. The investigation aimed to assess the location and integrity of any archaeological features or deposits relating to
Thornliebank House (1839–1965). The excavation followed on from a smaller investigation carried out in 2013. Both excavations were part of a wider programme of public engagement with Rouken Glen Park’s heritage, undertaken as part of East Renfrewshire Council’s HLF funded Parks for
People initiative. In keeping with this, the excavation team consisted of public and student volunteers, supervised by the archaeologists from Archaeology Scotland.
A total of five trenches were excavated on the site of Thornliebank House, their locations based upon plans from 1858 and 1895/6. In four of the trenches structural features relating to the house were located at a depth no greater than 0.8m. These features consisted of internal and external wall foundations, a chimney base and surfaces. The structural features were capped by deposits relating to the house’s demolition and subsequent site-levelling events.
Archive and report: NRHE (intended)
Funder: East Renfrewshire Council and Heritage Lottery Fund Parks for People, and HES
Phil Richardson – Archaeology Scotland
(Source: DES, Volume 17)
