Provand's Lordship is a
medieval
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historic house museum
A historic house museum is a house of historic significance that is preserved as a museum. Historic furnishings may be displayed in a way that reflects their original placement and usage in a home. Historic house museums are held to a variety of ...
in
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...
, Scotland, located in the
Townhead
Townhead (, ) is a district within the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of Glasgow's oldest areas, and contains two of its major surviving medieval landmarks – Glasgow Cathedral and the Provand's Lordship.
In medieval times, Townhead was ...
area at the top of Castle Street within sight of
Glasgow Cathedral
Glasgow Cathedral () is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It was the cathedral church of the Archbishop of Glasgow, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Glasgow and the province of Glasgow, from the 12th ...
and next to the
St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art.
History
Provand's Lordship was built as part of St Nicholas's Hospital by
Andrew Muirhead,
Bishop of Glasgow
The Archbishop of Glasgow is an archiepiscopal title that takes its name after the city of Glasgow in Scotland. The position and title were abolished by the Church of Scotland in 1689; and, in the Catholic Church, the title was restored by Pope ...
in 1471.
A western extension, designed by William Bryson, was completed in 1670.
In the 19th century it was acquired by the Morton Family who used it as a sweet shop.
[ Following a generous donation Sir William Burrell, in the form of cash as well a collection of seventeenth-century Scottish furniture in the late 1920s, the house was bought by the specially-formed Provand's Lordship Society, whose aim was to protect it.][ In 1978, the building was acquired by the City of Glasgow District Council who restored it.][ It was reopened to the public in 1983, and, following further restoration work which lasted two years, re-opened again in 2000.][
]
See also
* Provan Hall, another 15th-century historic building in Glasgow.
* Bishop Dunbar's Hospital, the Hospital in Old Aberdeen
Old Aberdeen is part of Aberdeen in Scotland. Old Aberdeen was originally a separate burgh, which was erected into a burgh of barony on 26 December 1489. It was incorporated into adjacent Aberdeen by Act of Parliament in 1891. It retains the sta ...
founded by Gavin Dunbar (bishop of Aberdeen)
References
External links
Provand's Lordship
- official site
- History and original drawings of the Cathedral area
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Buildings and structures completed in 1471
15th-century establishments in Scotland
Category A listed buildings in Glasgow
Historic house museums in Glasgow
Listed houses in Scotland
Hospitals in Glasgow
Defunct hospitals in Scotland