Alloa Greenfield House

Greenfield House was designed by the Edinburgh architects A G Sydney Mitchell & Wilson for David Paton Thomson, one of the directors of John Paton, Son & Co. Ltd. It was elegantly furnished and housed a fine art collection. The same architects reconstructed and extended the house after a fire in 1914. David Thomson died in 1917 and in his will instructed that his wife should live in the house until her death, after which it must be sold. Jane Thomson died early in 1950 and Alloa Burgh Council bought Greenfield House. The official opening of the Municipal Buildings by The Right Rev. George J Jeffrey D.D, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, was an important civic occasion and took place on 13th September 1952. Many of the original fittings of the house, including stained glass, Arts & Crafts style carved stone and wood, plasterwork and wood panelling, have survived. There are also several paintings, including a portrait of the eminent Alloa mining engineer, Robert Bald, on display. Greenfield House is currently the headquarters of Clackmannanshire Council, but the Council will be moving out soon, after over sixty years of local government use of the building.

Guided tours at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30 , 2.00 and 3.00