Glasgow, 591 Tollcross Road, Tollcross House
House (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Site Name Glasgow, 591 Tollcross Road, Tollcross House
Classification House (19th Century), Museum (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Tollcross Park; Tollcross Children's Museum
Canmore ID 79618
Site Number NS66SW 96
NGR NS 63619 63607
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/79618
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Glasgow (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Tollcross House, 591 Tollcross Road, 1848, David Bryce
Scots Baronial country house for James Dunlop. Asymmetrical, ashlar, crowsteps, pedimented dormers, cone-roofed turret on low service wing. Converted to Children's Museum, 1905, Glasgow Corporation. Refurbished and converted to sheltered housing, c.1992, Nicholas Groves-Raines. Saltire Society Commendation, 1994. Lodge, c.1858, crowstep gables, rubble, ashlar dressings. Conservatory, Latin-cross plan, dome at crossing, semicircular ends, cast iron and glass. Tent-like extension, tensile fabric structure, 1990s, Glasgow City Council. The Park is also home to the National Rose Collection.
Taken from "Greater Glasgow: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Sam Small, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
Owner: Glasgow Corporation.
Architect: David Bryce, 1848.
External Reference: Mit. Lib. Wm. Graham 1 p. 19
