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City Chambers
The grand City Chambers, the seat of local government, were built in the 1880s at the high point of the city's wealth. Its interior is even more extravagant than the exterior. Guided tours are held at and Monday to Friday.
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Holmwood House
An interesting building designed by Alexander 'Greek' Thomson, Holmwood House dates from 1857. Despite constant ongoing renovations, it's well worth a visit. Look for sun symbols downstairs and stars upstairs in this attractive house with its adaptation of classical Greek architecture.
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House for an Art Lover
Although designed in 1901 as an entry to a competition run by a German magazine, the House for an Art Lover was not completed until 1996. Mackintosh worked closely with his wife on the design and her influence is evident, especially in the rose motif. The overall result of this brilliant architect's design is one of space and light.
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Mackintosh House
The Mackintosh House is the final section in the gallery. Set up as a reconstruction of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow home (which had to be demolished), the Mackintosh House is startling even today. You ascend from the gallery's sombre ground floor into the cool, white, austere drawing-room. There's something otherworldly about the very mannered style of the beaten silver panels, the long-backed chairs and the surface decorations echoing Celtic manuscript illuminations.
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Provand's Lordship
Across the road from St Mungo's Museum is Provand's Lordship, the oldest house in Glasgow. A rare example of 15th-century domestic Scottish architecture, it was built in 1471 as a manse for the chaplain of St Nicholas hospital. The ceilings and doorways are low, and the rooms are sparsely furnished with period artefacts, except for an upstairs room, which has been furnished to reflect the living space of an early-16th-century chaplain. The building's best feature is its authentic feel - if you ignore the tacky imitation-stone linoleum covering the ground floor.
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Tenement House
For an extraordinary time-capsule experience, visit the small apartment in the Tenement House. It gives an insight into middle-class city life in the late 19th/early 20th century, with box-beds, the original kitchen range and all the fixtures and fittings of the family who lived here for over 50 years.
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