Provan Hall (also known over time as Provanhall, Hall of Provan and 'Hall Mailings) is a historic place composed of two buildings built about the 15th century and situated in Auchinlea Park,

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. It is owned by the

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and managed by

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.Provan Hall Heritage Trail
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official siteProvanhall Heritage Group website
/ref> The two parallel buildings, enclosing a courtyard, are protected as a category A

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Location

Provan Hall is located in the Auchinlea Park adjacent to the

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retail centre.Auchinlea Park
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official site

Naming

The name "Hall of Provan" was used in early records. Today, the use of the name "Provan Hall" is used to refer to the buildings collectively.

Residents

After the

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, Provan Hall became a residence of the lawyer and President of Session, William Baillie (died 1593) and his wife Elizabeth Durham. In 1566 he was collector of the

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s or tithes known as the "Thirds of Benefices" for the parsonage of Glasgow. As a judge, he was known as Lord Provand. He was called the "Prebend of Barlanerk ''alias'' Provan", and in November 1592

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confirmed his ownership of the mill and meadow of Provan. His daughter the heiress of Provan, Elizabeth Baillie (died 1609), married Robert Hamilton (died 1642), a son of Andrew Hamilton of Goslington and Silvertonhill. They gave the house and lands to their eldest son, Francis Hamilton, on 31 October 1599. James VI confirmed Elizabeth Baillie's gift of Provan to her son on 15 November 1600. Francis Hamilton of Silvertonhill (died 1645) married Agnes Hamilton, a daughter of the Laird of

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and a niece of the lawyer Thomas Hamilton. He was known as poet and published verses in praise of the late

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in 1626, dedicated to the Marquess of Hamilton and the

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, George Hay of Kinnoull. In later life, Francis Hamilton claimed he had been the victim of witchcraft practiced against him before his marriage by Isabel Boyd, Lady Blair, a daughter of

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. She had been contracted to marry him in 1607, and Francis Hamilton may have come to blame his misfortunes in life on her. He sold the lands to his brother Edward Hamilton and ownership of Provan descended in the Hamilton of Silvertonhill family. Above the arched entrance to the courtyard, a carved stone includes the initials "R.H" for Robert Hamilton, and the date 1647. In 1667, Robert Hamilton sold the property to

. The council created the office of "

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of Provan" to manage the estate. In 1729 the burgh council sold the house and remaining lands to Robert Lang. Although all the lands were sold by 1767, the council appointment of a Bailie of Provan continued.John Oswald Mitchell, 'Blochairn and the Tenandrie of Provan', ''Publications of the Regality Club'', 1st series (Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1889), pp. 20-25.

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