Pollok House is an elegant stately home within the picturesque Pollok Country Park outside Glasgow. The house, built in 1752, was owned by the Maxwell family who lived there for six centuries until in 1966 Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, heir of the family, donated it to the city.

Pollok House was enlarged at the beginning of the 20th century, while retaining the characteristics of the 18th century.

Inside the house there is an interesting art collection on display.

In the course of his life, Sir William Stirling Maxwell collected an extraordinary number of paintings belonging to the Spanish school.

The paintings kept here are both portraits of the Habsburg rulers of Spain and powerful religious scenes.

These are works by the likes of El Greco, Francisco Goya and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. There are also paintings by Rubens and and William Blake.

The collection also included glassware, antiques, porcelain and silverware.

Also noteworthy are the historic gardens outside where there are more than a thousand species of rhododendrons and a beech tree that is thought to be around 250 years old.