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Hagg's Castle, 100 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow

A Category B Listed Building in Pollokshields, Glasgow

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Coordinates

Latitude: 55.8364 / 55°50'10"N

Longitude: -4.296 / 4°17'45"W

OS Eastings: 256306

OS Northings: 662734

OS Grid: NS563627

Mapcode National: GBR 0BW.7K

Mapcode Global: WH3P7.ZKGM

Plus Code: 9C7QRPP3+HH

Entry Name: Hagg's Castle, 100 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields, Glasgow

Listing Name: 100 St Andrews Drive, Haggs Castle, Including Outbuilding

Listing Date: 15 December 1970

Category: B

Source: Historic Scotland

Source ID: 377158

Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB33467

Building Class: Cultural

Also known as: Pollokshields, 100 St Andrew's Drive, Hagg's Castle

ID on this website: 200377158

Location: Glasgow

County: Glasgow

Town: Glasgow

Electoral Ward: Pollokshields

Traditional County: Renfrewshire

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Description

L-plan tower house still building in 1587, but dated
1585, seat of Maxwells until 1595; abandoned 1753 and
restored in 1850s, presumably by John Baird II, as
factor's house; enlarged wide stair turret, with
entrance, near centre on principal front, with conical-
roofed bartizan, probably circa 1890; low N wing said to
be 1899-1900. Divided into flats in 1940s, converted
1972-6 to present use as children's museum. 3 storeys
with attics; rubble-built, ashlar dressings with
distinctive use of cable mouldings, crow-stepped gables,
slate roofs. Jamb (at W end of S front) mainly rebuilt
by Baird, originally with generously proportioned stair
leading to principal floor, original door in re-
entrant angle with elaborate ornament over; projecting
stair turret on W flank rises above ground floor; one
distinctive tall wall head dormer is original; stacks
include massive E gable stack over kitchen fireplace.
Sash windows. Interior mainly 19th century, reproducing
details of external ornament; one elaborate, original
chimneypiece. Low OUTBUILDING to W mainly late 18th/19th
century, incorporating dormer head from Castle.

Statement of Interest

Inscription over door "1585/NI DOMINE/AEDES STRUXE/RIT

FRUSTRA STRUIS/SR JHON MAXWELL OF POLLOK KNY/CHT AND

D MARGARET CONYNGHN/HIS WYF BIGGET THIS HOWS"

One of a series of buildings of the 1570s-90s in the W

by the same school of masons; cf Kenmure, MacLellan's

Castle, Dunderave, Gylen, Seagate Castle Irvine etc, all

with cable mouldings/dog-tooth/chequer-corbelling.

MacGibbon and Ross have pointed out similarties with

Newark.

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