Pollok House

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Built in 1752, the Pollok House was once the ancestral home of the Maxwell family and is only a 5-10 minute walk from the Burrell Collection, also located in Pollok Country Park. Gifted by Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald to Glasgow in 1966, the public can view the estate's collection of antique furniture, paintings by William Blake and by various Spanish Spanish artists including Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. Downstairs, the servants' quarters now include two shops and a restaurant. Take the opportunity to mosy around the estate's impressive gardens, which feature more than 1,000 species of rhododendrons.

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