Huntershill House, Crowhill Road, Glasgow

Huntershill House, built between 1769 and 1776 by an unknown architect, is a two-storey with attic, five-bay house in Bishopbriggs. It was the former home of James and Margaret Muir, parents of Thomas Muir, the 18th-century advocate and political reformer.

The house is rectangular in plan. The front elevation features a central, pedimented doorway with a rusticated stone surround. The walls are finished with grey harling and have exposed, chamfered in-and-out quoins. Windows are timber sash and case. The roof has rolled skewputts, moulded stone eaves, and coped end stacks. The interior has undergone substantial alterations.

The lands of Huntershill originally formed part of the Auchinairn estate. The house is shown on 18th-century maps as being situated on the main road north from Glasgow. Following the death of Thomas Muir’s father in 1803, the property was sold. The house later became the property of the Gallaway family. Historical maps indicate that in the 19th century, Huntershill stood within garden grounds, along with several ancillary buildings and a curving entrance drive. The surrounding landscape progressively transitioned from rural to urban during the 20th century with residential expansion.

In 1969, Bishopbriggs Town Council acquired the property to use as a pavilion for the adjacent recreation ground, resulting in significant interior alterations and the construction of two extensions which have since been demolished. A small museum dedicated to Thomas Muir’s memorabilia was opened in 1975, but the collection is now housed in Bishopbriggs Library. The house was subsequently used as an outdoor recreation centre in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The entrance gates and gatepiers on Crowhill Road are listed separately.