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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
Yes
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Alloa
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p>Guided tours at 9.30, 10.30, 11.30 , 2.00 and 3.00</p>
OpeningTime1
Guided tours, see below
ArchitectName
A G Sydney Mitchell & Wilson
OpeningDate1
7/9/2013
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
9565
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Mar Place
Postcode
FK10 2AD
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
Yes
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Alloa Greenfield House
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
clackmannanshire
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
955
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,56.118,-3.79584;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>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.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1892-1894