Region: Glasgow & The Clyde

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Provand’s Lordship, the oldest house in Glasgow, dates from 1471 (or 1460) and was built as part of St Nicholas’s Hospital, near to the cathedral, castle and university. The hospital was built by Bishop Andrew Muirhead, and the building became the town house or manse of the Lord of the Prebend of Provan, hence the name, sharing common ownership with Provan Hall. After the Scottish Reformation, the house became a secular building and was a residential house for several families over the centuries. In the early 1800s, it was split up into apartments in the upper floor with commercial premises on the ground floor. In 1906, the Provand’s Lordship Society was formed to save the house as they realised it was one of the last surviving medieval houses in Glasgow. Alas, the upkeep of the house proved too much for the Society and they turned it over to the care of Glasgow Museums in 1980. From 2022-2024, the house underwent further renovations including a lime harling render on the outside of the building.