Tour Scotland photograph of Pollok House, Glasgow, Scotland. This is the ancestral home of the Maxwell family, located in Pollok Country Park, Glasgow, Scotland. The house, built in 1752 and designed by William Adam, was gifted to the City of Glasgow by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose family had owned the estate for almost 700 years. Displayed within the Pollok House is a large, private collection of Spanish paintings, including works by El Greco, Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are also paintings by William Blake, as well as glass, silverware, porcelain and antique furniture. The house also features servants' quarters downstairs. The house also has an extensive garden, boasting a collection of over 1,000 species of rhododendrons.
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