Kelvingrove House

The land was previously known as Nether Newton, a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site and house owned by the Wotherspoon family.

[1] The site, which sits on the south bank of a bend in the River Kelvin, was purchased in 1782 by Patrick Colquhoun, in the year which he became Lord Provost of Glasgow.

[2] The house, with eight bedrooms and at least three public rooms, had a picturesque view of the river to the north and a panorama of the Glasgow skyline to the south.

[3] It was briefly owned by a Colin McNaughtan (who never lived in the house) before being purchased by the City of Glasgow around 1845 largely to utilise the 12 acres (4.9 ha) of ground as parkland.

In 1874 the house was extended greatly on its south side by architect John Carrick and converted into a museum, mainly under the efforts of Bailie Hugh MacBean.