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National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden

National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden

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Open to the public

Historic house or home in Glasgow

7 artworks

Part of National Trust for Scotland

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Greenbank House was built in 1763 by Glasgow merchant Robert Allason, who began life as a baker before setting up with his brothers in Port Glasgow as a trader. He made his fortune trading with Britain’s American colonies, eventually becoming a landholder in the Caribbean. The profits from trade in both tobacco and slaves allowed him to purchase Flenders Farm (land his family had worked for centuries), and establish the house. However, Allason’s trading interests later suffered during the American War of Independence. A small collection of portraits is on display in the house, along with a still life by the Scottish Colourist Samuel Peploe.

Flenders Road, Glasgow, Glasgow G76 8RB Scotland

dferguson@nts.org.uk

0844 4932200

The Garden is open all year, daily 9.30am–sunset. The Shop and Tearoom are open from 5th January to 31st March, Saturday to Sunday 1pm–4pm; 1st April to 23rd October, daily 11am–5pm; 24th October to 19th December, Saturday to Sunday 1pm–4pm. The House is open 31st March to 31st October, Sunday 2pm–4pm.

http://www.nts.org.uk/Property/Greenbank-Garden/

Artworks

  • Foam
    Foam Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson (1887–1973)
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • James Wilson, Cooper of Pollockshaws, Glasgow
    James Wilson, Cooper of Pollockshaws, Glasgow unknown artist
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • Margaret Wilson, née Blackburn, Wife of James Wilson
    Margaret Wilson, née Blackburn, Wife of James Wilson unknown artist
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • Anemones in a Brown Jar
    Anemones in a Brown Jar Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • James Wilson (1794–1863), Soap Maker and Candlemaker, Glasgow
    James Wilson (1794–1863), Soap Maker and Candlemaker, Glasgow unknown artist
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • Helen Wilson, née Primrose, Wife of James Wilson
    Helen Wilson, née Primrose, Wife of James Wilson unknown artist
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden
  • Neapolitan Fisher-Girls Surprised Bathing by Moonlight
    Neapolitan Fisher-Girls Surprised Bathing by Moonlight Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851) (after)
    National Trust for Scotland, Greenbank Garden

Artists

  • Abstract
    unknown artist
  • Seventeenth-Century Scots Dragoon Guard
    Charles d’Orville Pilkington Jackson (1887–1973)
  • Tulips – The Blue Jug
    Samuel John Peploe (1871–1935)
  • The Fighting Temeraire tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838
    Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851)
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