Basic Site Details Name: | Holmwood House | Town, district or village: | Cathcart | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | House cost £2,608.4.11d to build; stable, greenhouse and out buildings £1,009.19.6d; gates cost £75.2.0d. Interior decoration executed by Campbell Tait Bowie. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 61-63, Netherlee Road | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1857 | 1858 | | | | c. 1865 | | | Gardener's cottage and main gates | | 1960s | | Restoration | | | After 1970 | Before 1972 | Demolition | Gardener's cottage | | 1997 | 1998 | | Restoration |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Couper, James, paper manufacturer | |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | APSD | | The Dictionary of Architecture | ed Wyatt Papworth | The Architectural Publication Society (8v 1852-1892) | | | Barclay, David | 1904 | Greek Thomson: his life and opinions | | Architectural Review May 1904 | | | Blackie | 1868 | Villa and Cottage Architecture | 1st edition | | Drawings of modified design | | Donnelly, Max | 1999 | Daniel Cottier, Pioneer of Aestheticism | | The Decorative Arts Society Journal, 23, pp 33-51 | p39 | | Gildard, Thomas | 1888 | Greek Thomson | | Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, xix (30 January 1888), pp191-209 | | | Nicholson, Jane or Thomson, Amelia | | Memoir of Alexander Thomson | | Written for Alexander Thomson Memorial | | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | Stamp, Gavin | 1999 | Alexander Thomson: The Unknown Genius | | London: Lawrence King, in association with Glasgow 1999 | |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 4 July 1868 | XXVI | | p482 | | Builder | 31 December 1910 | XCIX | | Illustration |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Glasgow Institute of Architects | Biographical sketch and job list of Greek Thomson by Rev John Stark, 1879 | | | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33944 | 61, 63 Netherlee Road, "Holmwood" | | Mitchell Library, Glasgow | Drawings Collection | | Drawings of dining room frieze |
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