Holmwood House

Holmwood House
Holmwood House
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General information
Architectural styleGreek Revival
Town or cityGlasgow
CountryScotland
Construction started1857
Completed1858
Cost£3,682
ClientJames Couper
Technical details
Structural systemmasonry
Design and construction
Architect(s)Alexander Thomson
Listed Building – Category A
Official name61, 63 Netherlee Road, "Holmwood"
Designated17 June 1967
Reference no.LB33944

Holmwood House is the finest and most elaborate residential villa designed by the Scottish architect Alexander "Greek" Thomson. It is also rare in retaining much of its original interior decor, and being open to the public. A Category A listed building, the villa is located at 61-63 Netherlee Road, Cathcart, in the southern suburbs of Glasgow, and is owned by the National Trust for Scotland.

Holmwood is considered to be immensely influential by several architectural historians, because the design as published in Villa and Cottage Architecture: select examples of country and suburban residence recently erected in 1868[1] may have influenced Frank Lloyd Wright and other proto-modernist architects.

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