Pollok House,
Pollok Country Park,
(1747-1752), (1890-1908).
William Adam,
Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, A.F. Balfour Paul.

The Maxwell family have lived at Pollok since the mid thirteenth century.

The existing Pollok House is their third home on this site and was built by Sir John Maxwell (1747-1752) apparently to a design by William Adam.

Sir John Sterling Maxwell, the 10th Baronet, was responsible for enlarging the house between 1890 and 1908 employing the architects Sir Robert Rowand Anderson and his partner A.F. Balfour Paul.

The prior owner, Mrs Anne Maxwell presented the house, which is now managed by the National Trust for Scotland, to the City of Glasgow in 1966.

This external view of the house shows the south facade and is taken from the terrace which was laid out by Sir John Sterling Maxwell along with Robert Rowan Anderson in the late 1800's. The main part of the house is flanked by later wings which were built on in 1904 by Anderson.

The main entrance is through a single storey porch projection added by Robert Rowand Anderson in 1890. The original 18thC pedimented doorcase has been reused.

The old kitchen has now been converted to a tea room, while still preserving the traditional decor of brown and cream tiles along with the original cooking equipment.

The billiard room is situated in one of the later additions to the building and is smaller and perhaps less decorative than some of the adjoining rooms.

This room retains many of the original pictures and items of furniture from the collection belonging to Sir John Sterling Maxwell's father."