Blythswood House

Blythswood House photographed by Thomas Annan in 1870

Blythswood House was a neo-classical manor in Renfrewshire . It was built in 1821 to plans by the Scottish architect James Gillespie Graham as the family seat of Lords Blythswood . The building was on the right bank of the Cart River near the point where the Cart meets the Clyde River . The builder was MP Archibald Campbell of Blythswood . He had the new property built right next to the old Blythswood family residence, which had been in the family's possession since 1654. In the 19th century, Blythswood House included extensive estates that are now almost completely built over with the western suburbs of Glasgow. The expansion of the greater Glasgow area was also the reason for the demolition of the building in 1935. Where the Blythswood House stood is now the Renfrew Golf Course .

Others

A well-known laboratory was located in Blythswood House from 1892 to 1905, the purpose of which was to research many of the frontier areas of physics, u. a. Cathode and X-rays , as well as spectroscopy and radioactivity , was.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ www.douglashistory.co.uk

Web links

Commons : Blythswood House  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Description of the house in "The Glasgow Story" (en)
• List of mansions in Glasgow (en)

Coordinates: 55 ° 53 '23 "  N , 4 ° 23' 58"  W.