Provand's Lordship

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Provand's Lordship
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Provand's Lordship is a mansion , a former rectory and now a museum in the Scottish city ​​of Glasgow . In 1966 the structure was included in the Scottish monument lists in the highest monument category A.

history

The building was built in 1471 for the Bishop of Glasgow , Andrew Muirhead . Later, a bishop set up the St Nicholas Hospital nursing home around the mansion , which could house twelve old men. The Präbendar of Balernock inhabited the building later. For him, the courtesy title Lord of Provan was common, from which the building name Provand's Lordship comes. William Bryson was responsible for the expansion on the west side from 1670. The extension can be clearly demarcated on the basis of the reduced thickness of the masonry. A residential building was added in the 1840s. The Provand's Lordship Society had the building restored in 1906. After it was revised in 1921, the roof was renewed in 1978 and Provand's Lordship was again restored until 1983. The nursing home buildings have meanwhile been demolished.

Provand's Lordship, the oldest surviving residential building in Glasgow, is now operated as a museum. There are furnishings from the 17th century and royal portraits. Admission is free.

description

Provand's Lordship is on Castle Street across from Castle Square and St Mungo's Cathedral . Directly south is a former church now part of the University of Strathclyde , known as Barony Hall . The masonry of the three-story villa consists of roughly hewn rubble from sandstone . The windows have different dimensions and are not distributed symmetrically. The cross gables on the rear facade, which is exposed to the west, date from the 17th century. Andrew Muirhead's coat of arms can be found on the unadorned south gable. With the exception of the north gable, all roofs end with stepped gables . The stepped gable on the north side was lost in the course of the extension in the 1840s. The roofs are covered with slate.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ↑ Entry on Provand's Lordship  in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
  3. ↑ Entry on scottisharchitects.org.uk
  4. ^ Information from Glasgow Life

Web links

Commons : Provand's Lordship  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 44.5 "  N , 4 ° 14 ′ 12.7"  W.