Holmwood House
Holmwood House is a villa in the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1967 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.
history
The paper industrialist James Couper commissioned the villa. He entrusted the Scottish architect Alexander Thomson with the design of the building. Holmwood House was completed in 1858. The total cost was around £ 2,600. The artist Daniel Cottier designed parts of the interior . A gardener's house was added around 1865, which Thomson also designed. Construction cost around £ 1,010 and was abandoned in the 1960s. Holmwood House was restored in the 1960s and 1998. A Christian mission leased the villa between 1958 and 1994.
When Glasgow was the UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999 , the Clydesdale Bank issued a £ 20 note showing the dome of Holmwood House and a portrait of Thomson.
description
The villa stands on the left bank of the White Cart Water in the southern Cathcart district of Glasgow . As usual for Thomson's work, the large villa is designed in the Greek Revival style . Holmwood House has an asymmetrical structure with inconsistent one and two-story elements. The flat sloping roofs are covered with slate. The mounted lantern is striking . The interior is richly ornamented. In the dining room there is a frieze showing scenes from Homer's Iliad on 21 painted panels .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ a b Entry on Holmwood House in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
- ↑ Clydesdale Bank notes ( Memento from June 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Entry on Holmwood House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 55 ° 48 ′ 35.2 " N , 4 ° 15 ′ 32.9" W.