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The rear of Provand's Lordship

The Provand's Lordship located in Glasgow, Scotland, today stands as a museum located at the top of Castle Street in the shadow of the Glasgow Cathedral and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Glasgow (ˈglæzgoʊ is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Glasgow Cathedral, also called the High Kirk of Glasgow, is today a Church of Scotland Cathedral in Glasgow. The Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI is a large teaching hospital, operated since 1947 by NHS Scotland, situated on the north-eastern edge of the city centre of

Provand's Lordship has become one of the few reminders of Glasgow's medieval past. In addition to Glasgow Cathedral it remains one of the few buildings from this time period that has survived Glasgow's turbulent history.

Provand's Lordship was built in 1471 as part of St Nicholas's Hospital by Andrew Muirhead, the Bishop of Glasgow at the time. The Bishop of Glasgow, after 1492 Archbishop of Glasgow, was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Glasgow and then as Archbishop of Glasgow the The building retains strong ties to the Bishop and the Bishop's coat of arms is still visible on the side of the building. Provand's Lordship was likely used to house clergy and other support staff for the Cathedral providing temporary housing.

The house later became occupied by ‘Lord of the Prebend of Barlanark’ and perhaps was shared with the priest of St. Nicholas Hospital and Chapel and became known as ‘Lord of Provan’ and then ‘Provand’s Lordship’. The country seat of the Prebends of Barlanark, Provan Hall, is located in Easterhouse, to the east of the City Centre. Easterhouse is a post-war suburb to the north-east of the Scottish city of Glasgow. Provan Hall was built around 1460[1] and is also Category A listed.

Most of the remaining medieval buildings that surrounded the Cathedral and hospital were demolished at the start of the 20th century. In 1978, the building was offered to the City Of Glasgow by the Provand's Lordship Society.

Today the house is furnished with a collection of seventeenth-century Scottish furniture donated by Sir William Burrell. Sir William Burrell ( July 9 1861 - March 29 1958) was a Glaswegian shipping merchant and Philanthropist.

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