What is recorded here

Museum curators manage Provand's Lordship today, yet the building originated as a fifteenth-century manse. That transition suggests a chamber where clerical routine became public display. The address still carries the weight of both roles, even when the front door stays locked to ordinary passersby.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glasgow, 3 Castle Street, Provand's Lordship as Manse (15th Century), Museum (20th Century), Sherd (pottery)(19th Century) - (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Provand's Lordship in Glasgow was built in the 15th century by the Provand family, a prominent Glasgow merchant family, and served as a manse. It is important as one of the oldest surviving buildings in Glasgow and now functions as a museum, offering insight into medieval domestic architecture and the city's early history.

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