Partick Castle
Partick Castle was a country house in Partick , now a western suburb of the Scottish city of Glasgow . In 1611 the Glasgow benefactor George Hutcheson had it built on the west bank of the Kelvin .
description
Hamilton of Wishaw described the building as follows in the early 18th century:
“(...) where the Kelvin flows into the Clyde is the house of Pertique, a well-built and pleasant house made of dry wood with large gardens enclosed by stone walls, which once belonged to George Hutcheson in Glasgow, but now John Crawford from Myltown. "
According to local historian James Napier , Partick Castle was already uninhabited in 1770 and in 1783 the roof was missing and it was in ruins. It was demolished in the 1830s. Another local writer reports that his remains were removed in a single night "to build dry stone walls in the adjacent fields." This happened in 1836 or 1837. Napier also provides an anecdotal description of the building in its later days when it was leased:
“The report on the house that I received from someone who had been in it many times when it was still inhabited says that the lower floor was partially underground and had vaulted ceilings. The second floor could be reached up a few steps and had a stone floor that was laid on the arches. There were several locked rooms on this floor that formed a kind of hostel. The upper floor had a plank floor and consisted of a large hall that was used for public gatherings, balls and dances; and above that floor was an attic that was used as bedrooms and storage for junk. There was a well outside the house. The main entrance door was covered with large-headed nails, and likewise it was a double-leaf door that formed the outer entrance to the property. The property was surrounded by a stone wall. "
A 19th century locally published poem (in Glasgow Magazine or The Bee ) describes the house as follows:
“Lo, Partick Castle, sad and lonely,
Stand like a silent observer,
Where Clyde and Kelvin meet;
The long, tendril grass blows over its walls;
No sound can be heard in its halls,
Except the noise of distant waterfalls,
Where children wash their feet. "
The remains of the country house are probably under the west end of the Tesco settlement in Partick. The site of the settlement was last a scrap yard, but before that a dye works, a foundry and a laundry. In contrast to the old village of Partick, the grounds of the country house were not excavated during the construction of the Partick train station, which is no longer used today. Instead, the solum of the site was preserved under the aforementioned industrial buildings. Part of the country house was uncovered and excavated by GUARD Archeology as part of Scottish Water's environmental improvement program for Glasgow .
Episcopal Castle
According to some sources, Hutcheson's building was also the site of the castle and country residence of the Bishops of Glasgow . This is the castle depicted on the coat of arms of the former Burgh of Partick. In 1136 King David I loaned the land of Partick ("Perdeyc") to the bishopric of Glasgow. In 1362 a dispute between the bishop and the chapter house in his "mansion of Perthic" was settled. The Bishops of Glasgow used their residence in Partick until the Reformation in 1560, when Bishop James Beaton II fled from there to France and took the holy relics from St Mungo's Cathedral . The remains of the castle could have been discovered near the mouth of the Kelvin during the work to enlarge the drainage pipes in 2016.
At the wedding of Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood and Agnes Boyd in 1600, King James VI promised . a bigger house for the couple. Sir George received New Park from Partick to arrange the forest, relocate deer, and build a "big" house for himself and for the king to live in after the hunt. This house could have been built on the site of the bishop's castle.
Early royal residence
There is evidence that Partick was an important center for the kings of Strathclyde . According to the Cistercian monk and hagiographer of Saint Mungo , Jocelyn of Furness , King Rhydderch resided in "Pertnech" (Partick). Some archaeologists have deduced from this that the royal estate at Partick was part of a larger elite center of the kingdom, which included the ecclesiastical center on the other side of the Clyde in Govan . The Partick lands remained royal property until King David I loaned them to the Bishops of Glasgow.
There is no primary evidence that Hutcheson's country house was on the same site as the royal residence.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lawrence Hill: The Story of Partick Castle . 1855.
- ^ William Hamilton: Description of the Sherrifdoms of Lanark & Renfrew . 1710.
- ↑ a b James Napier: Notes And Reminiscences Relating To Partick . 1873. p. 33.
- ^ John Strang: Glasgow & Its Clubs Or Glimpses Of The Condition, Manners, Characters, & Oddities of the City During The Past & Present Century . 1856. Footnote on p. 479.
- ^ Robert Alison: The Anecdotage of Glasgow . 1892.
- ^ Tesco Town site 'could hold remains of Partick Castle' . In: Evening Times . Retrieved September 1, 2008.
- ↑ Partick Castle . In: Google Maps . Google. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ↑ James Napier: Notes And Reminiscences Relating To Partick . 1873. p. 21.
- ↑ William Greenhorne, William (1928) History of Partick 550-1912 . 1928. pp. 10-11.
- ↑ Chris McCall: Remains of ancient Partick Castle uncovered in Glasgow . In: Scotsman . March 22, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
- ^ C. State Papers Scotland. XIII. No. 552: RMS. VI. No. 1110.
- ↑ Stephen Driscoll: Kingdom of Strathclyde's final chapter . In: British Archeology . September 1997. Retrieved September 27, 2008.
- ^ Alan Macquarrie: The Kings of Strathclyde, c.400-1018 in Medieval Scotland: Government, Lordship and Community: Studies Presented to GWS Barrow . A. Grant, KJ Stringer, 1993. pp. 1-19.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 52 ′ 6.2 " N , 4 ° 18 ′ 16.4" W.