Greenock, Mansion House
House (16th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Mansion House
Classification House (16th Century)
Canmore ID 41301
Site Number NS27NE 2
NGR NS 2815 7597
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/41301
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 2 2815 7597.
(NS 2815 7597) Mansion House (NR) AD 1674
OS 1:500 map (1859)
There is now no trace of the Mansion House at Greenock, which stood on the summit of a high, steep bank overlooking the Clyde. It was taken down in 1886 and the railway passes through the site.
In 1540, Sir Alexander Schaw obtained a grant of the forfeited lands of Wester Greenock Schaw. The lands were conveyed with the "auld castellsteid, castell, tour, fortalice and manor place new buildit". The old part of the house removed in 1886 may at least in part date to this period, though doubtless much altered a century later. Various dates, '1635', '1637' and '1674' were carved on stones on the house; between 1679 and 1699 the house became partly ruinous, and a square rectangular block was built on the site of the ruins some time before 1740. After the house was abandoned by the family, it was let to various tenants and the vaulted ground floor was used as a prison (see plan made in 1750, and illustrations).
D MacGibbon and T Ross 1889
There is no trace of this mansion.
Visited by OS (JD) 22 July 1955
