Museum Represents a museum WC No EventsForChildren No Place The town or city Eaglesham HearingLoop No IsIncludedThisYear No DisabledAccess Yes OpeningTime1 12.00-16.00 ArchitectName William Gemmell (sculptures) OpeningDate1 3/9/2011 IsNewThisYear No ID Google Panorama ID 10121 Refreshments No Street The street address Montgomery Street Postcode G76 0AB Parking No DisabledWC No LimitedAccess No NotAccessible No Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Statue House Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived eastrenfrewshire Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1459 Type The nature or genre of the resource Museum Description An account of the resource <p>William Gemmell (1814-1891) lived in Eaglesham and was a joiner by trade and self-taught sculptor. In the 1840s he became proficient in his hobby, and created many sculptures which received critical acclaim. </p><p>Gemmell spent 3 years creating a lifesize group of statuary depicting the domestic circle described in Robert Burns&rsquo; poem, &#39;The Cottar&rsquo;s Saturday Night&#39;. This was widely exhibited in the Glasgow area around 1845 and was favrouably covered by the regional press at this time. Sadly the whereabouts of this group is now unknown, and the only remaining examples of his work are the 6 lifesize figures in Statue House, in the conservation village of Eaglesham.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19C