Some facts about Provand's Lordship

Photograph showing the interior of Provand's Lordship featuring a dining table in stone room.
  • Provand’s Lordship, the oldest house in Glasgow, was built in 1471.
  • It is one of only four surviving medieval buildings in Glasgow.
  • The house is furnished with a fine selection of 17th-century historic furniture and royal portraits.
  • The house has been a shop, a pub and a family home over the years.
  • The building reopened after a £1.6 million repair and improvement programme. 
  • Behind the house you can visit the St Nicholas Garden, with its intriguing sculptures known as the Tontine Heads.
  • A visit to Provand's Lordship, offers an opportunity to step back into medieval Glasgow.