The notice in the city's Herald newspaper described the estate as consisting of upwards of 15 acres (6.1 ha), with a mansion house containing two dwellings and gardens well stocked with fruit trees.

[3] Clincart Farm itself was purchased by Queen's Park F.C., who adapted and incorporated the buildings into facilities for Lesser Hampden (their reserve team ground) in the 1920s.

[4] Around a century later it was reckoned to be the oldest existing building in the world directly used for football activities;[5][6] however it was never listed and (with a new pavilion having been built in 2013)[7][8] had fallen into some disrepair by the end of 2021, at which point the club decided to demolish it as part of the work to upgrade Lesser Hampden to their main stadium.

Mount Florida is in the Langside ward for Glasgow City Council and since May 2022 is represented by Councillors Susan Aitken, Holly Bruce, Stephen Docherty and Paul Leinster.

[13] Creation Records founder Alan McGee and Primal Scream vocalist Bobby Gillespie both grew up in the area and attended Kings Park Secondary School in nearby Simshill.

[14] The Glasgow-based novelist, J. David Simons, grew up in the nearby Kings Park district and attended Mount Florida Primary School in the late 1950s.