Pollok House, located in Glasgow’s Pollok Country Park, is an 18th-century mansion built in 1752 for the Maxwell family, who held the land for over 700 years. Designed by an unknown architect, it was extended in the early 20th century. The house, featuring18th-century architecture, Spanish art, and Edwardian furnishings, was gifted to Glasgow in 1966 by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald and is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland.
Pollok House (now closed to visitors due to conservation work) is one of Glasgow's best-preserved grand estates and was home to the Maxwell family from 1752. Successive building works and extensions to the property have ensured that the finest Scottish craftsmanship in architectural detail is on display.
Pollok House closed on 20 November 2023 for approximately two years to facilitate the second phase of a £4 million programme of investment led by Glasgow City Council. The works will comprise roof and general building fabric repairs.
The origins of Pollok House are synonymous with the Maxwell family, who settled in the area in the mid-1200s. Over generations, the family slowly established their presence, eventually commissioning the construction of Pollok House in 1747.
Pollock House, located three miles south of Glasgow, has been home to Maxwells since the mid-13th century. The present house was built around 1740 on the site of three earlier family structures, and it was extended in 1890 by Sir John Stirling Maxwell.
It was given to the City of Glasgow in 1966 by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. It is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) and is open to the public.
It was originally part of the Barony of Mearns in Renfrewshire. 'Nether' means 'lower' and 'Pollok' is thought to derive from the Gaelic word, 'pollag', which means 'small pond'.
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Please be aware that Pollok House will close on 20 November 2023 for approximately two years for a major conservation project led by Glasgow City Council. Visit the official website for further details and information on how National Trust for Scotland members can access free parking in the Riverside car park.
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Pollok House will close on 20 November 2023 for approximately two years for a major conservation project led by Glasgow City Council. To find out more, visit the National Trust for Scotland website by following this link.
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Pollok Country Park on the outskirts of Glasgow. The Maxwell family lived for six centuries on the site, but the main part of the present house was built in the mid -18th century – a fine example of Georgian grandeur.
The settlement may have an earlier Brittonic name, Cathures; the modern name appears for the first time in the Gaelic period (1116), as Glasgu. It is also recorded that the king of Strathclyde, Rhydderch Hael, welcomed Saint Kentigern (also known as Saint Mungo), and procured his consecration as bishop about 540.
History. Previously farmland which was purchased by the city from the Stirling-Maxwell family in 1935, Pollok was built by the old Glasgow Corporation and was the first of the 'big four' peripheral housing schemes constructed to improve Glasgow's slum housing conditions in the inner city.
Sir John Maxwell Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet, KT, DL, FRSE (6 June 1866 – 30 May 1956) was a Scottish landowner, Tory politician and philanthropist.
