Southfield House, Mearns
c.1920
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A black and white photograph of a postcard, showing Southfield House, Mearns.
Title:
Southfield House, Mearns
Date of work:
c.1920
Reference number:
980
Level of description:
Item
Type of materials:
IMG
Source:
Photograph cabinet - Mearns
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
UnrestrictedCopyright: East Renfrewshire Council
General notes:
In the late 13th century, Southfield was a Templar Estate associated with Sir James Sandilands, head of the Knights of St. John and preceptor of Torpichen Priory. In 1307, most of the Templar property in Scotland was transferred to the Knights Hospitallers. Southfield was sold in 1691 by Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall to Robert Urie of Millbrae and in 1771 was acquired by Alexander Hutchison, a Jamaican merchant. It remained in the Hutchison family until 1902. In 1913 the land was bought from the Corporation of Glasgow from the trustees of the late Lady Cunninghame and became the site of Mearnskirk Hospital for children, dealing mainly with the many cases of tuberculosis from the City of Glasgow.
Language:
English
Record number:
9261337