Pollock House Museum
Pollock House Museum is one of the many cultural and architectural landmarks in the Scottish city of Glasgow. This elegant mansion is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family, now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland. It was built in 1752 in the Georgian style by the famous architect William Adam.
Pollock House now houses many world-class collections, including examples of Spanish paintings as well as glass, silver, porcelain figurines and antique furniture. The gems of the exhibition are paintings by such masters as Goya, Blake and El Greco.
The architecture of the Pollock House is not hyperbolic; everything is austere and harmonious at the same time. The building has three stories and is flanked on both sides by two symmetrical annexes which differ only in the position of the chimneys. A small staircase leads to the entrance of the house, under which there is a lovely flowerbed. Part of the grounds of the mansion are beautifully landscaped gardens with around 1,000 species of rhododendrons, as well as parks overlooking woods, fields and other scenic spots.
