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Glasgow, High Street, Darnley's Cottage
House (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glasgow, High Street, Darnley's Cottage
Classification House (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Lord Darnley Cottage; Alms House
Canmore ID 45000
Site Number NS66NW 15
NGR NS 6013 6546
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/45000
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
NS66NW 15 6013 6546.
(NS 6013 6546) Darnley's Cottage (NR) (Site of)
OS 25" map, (1968)
When Lord Darnley was in Glasgow ill with smallpox, he stayed in a house somewhere near the Cathedral and Castle. In the 19th century, the cottage, used as a barber's shop, was known as "Darnley's Cottage". It is not likely that Darnley stayed here; the name was probably applied in irony (Glasgow Evening News 1935).
New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845; Name Book 1858; Glasgow Evening News 1935.
This house has been demolished and the site built over.
Visited by OS (W M J) 5 September 1951.
NMRS REFERENCE:
Glasgow, Darnley's Cottage.
This is the house in which Lord Darley is supposed to have stayed when he was ill with smallpox.
EXTERNAL REFERENCE:
Glasgow, High Street, Darnley's Cottage.
Photographs: The Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Wm Graham Vol I p.4 - General view -
Photograph of old print, St Nicholas, Cameron Tower and Alms
House.
The Mitchell Library, Glasgow. Glasgow in Former Times II - 1 Engraving
- 1 Sketch Plan 1881
