Pollok House picspam

[anteros_lmc]

As promised, Pollok House picspam for GarrowGirls! joyful_molly badgered me into watching season two of Garrow's Law and I have to say I was fair taken by it. I still have a wee sniffle every time I think of Captain Jones and Mr Jaskers' touching reunion in the prison cell.

As I live just up the road from Pollok House and park where a lot of the series was filmed, I promised to go and take some pics. And I must say that the house and estate buildings were looking very festive in the snow. Unfortunately as well as being very picturesque it was also bloody freezing! So apologies for some of the pics being a bit out of focus, it was so cold I could barely hold my camera :} I didn't have time to go into the house this time round but I'll try and take some interior shots next time.



Designed and built by William Adam in 1752 Pollok House is a beautifully preserved example of a Georgian country manor house. The house and estate were originally the home of the Maxwell family, who had connections with the area dating back to the 13th century. In 1966 Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald gifted the house and much of the estate to the National Trust and the City of Glasgow. The house has a fine collection of Golden Age Spanish art and some important works by El Greco, Goya and William Blake. Pollok Park has formal gardens, woods and open farm land and is home to a large herd of Highland cattle and a team of beautiful Clydesdale shire horses.

White Cart River	Pollok House
Stable Buildings	Stable Arch
Stable Courtyard (disused side)	Stable Courtyard

As far as I could make out more than a few of the exterior street scenes were filmed in the stable courtyard. It certainly doubled as the courtyard of Greenwich Hospital in Episode 3. The lovely thing about these stables is that they are still home to the estate's team of Clydesdale shire horses, one of which can be seen walking past Captain Bailie into the courtyard in Episode 3. Two sides of the courtyard are boarded up, one side is taken up by the stables and one side is cottages for estate workers. Sorry fingers were seriously cold by this stage!

This is the "back door" to Pollok House and it is actually the main entrance which leads into the hall way with black and white tiled floor and double stairs. Lady Sarah is seen standing at the top of the stairs in episode 2 (I think). Sir Arthur and Lord Melville are also seen loitering outside this entrance in episodes 3.

Sadly I didn't find any dashing lawyers wondering around the park, perhaps they were all inside keeping warm!

Comments

[almeerah.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing those photos. I can certainly recognise the house and courtyard from the series. Beautiful house. I can't wait for the interior shots!
I know what you mean with your fingers freezing on the shutter release. I had the same thing several times last week when tasking snow pictures.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome!

I can't wait for the interior shots!
Ah well. I went back today but sadly they do not allow photography inside, I should have remembered that. However I have one of the guidebooks which has some lovely pictures of the inside of the house which I can scan and post at some stage.

I know what you mean with your fingers freezing on the shutter release.
I also had a very cold, very fed up four year old with me so I couldn't hang about trying to get the perfect shot!

[esteven]

Is it cold in your neck of the woods, then? So it is over here and I am glad it has stopped snowing.

Since I am partial to Garrow's Law myself, I cannot thank you enough for braving the weather to share these photos with us. Shame it was too cold for dashing lawyers.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

The weather is back to normal now and all the snow has gone! I went back to Pollok today and noticed that they had a poster advertising Garrow's Law in the hallway of the house.

[esteven]

They should make something of Garrow's LAw as long as it is shown. Strike the iron while it is hot, so to speak.

Thanks again.

[sarlania.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen the series, but the pictures look gorgeous. :D I particularly like the view of the icy river.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

I can highly recommend the series if you get a chance to watch it, I think you'd really enjoy it! the episode about Captain Jones and Mister Jaskers is just heartbreaking.

[whufan1.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing, they're great.

[anteros-lmc.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! Glad to be of service :)