Today, I continued with my visits to Greek Thomson designed buildings but before addressing the latest visit it is worthy of mention that Glasgow has just won the 2014 Commonwealth Games bid-which is excellent news for the City.

Holmwood House building. (1857-58) is currently closed for the winter but a visit to the site and grounds is still possible.This elaborate villa is arguably Thomson's finest and most important residentialHolmwood House was built for beside the River Cart for the owner of a local paper mill.Thomson appears to have been the first modern architect to design houses in the Greek style asymmetrically according to Picturesque principles. Thomson designed everything in this house, including the rich polychromatic wall decoration which is now being uncovered and restored.

Here are a few images:

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