Arnewood on Cleveden Road. Constructed around 1893 with Jacobean styling, making it look more like a castle, it was one of the largest and most impressive private homes in the west end of Glasgow. It has recently been restored and is looking absolutley stunning, especially in the sun.
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Arnewood's first resident is listed as William Neilson of the Summerlee and Mossend Iron and Steel Company. However, the only William I can find associated with that buisness died in 1882, and it seems more likely it was built for his son, Walter Neilson.
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The Neilson family played a pivotal roll in the development of the iron and steel industry in Scotland, and beyond. William's uncle, James Beaumont Neilson, invented the hot-air blast process which tripled the amount of iron which could be produced per ton of coal.
The hot-air blast process was first tested at the Clyde Ironworks near Tollcross in Glasgow ithe 1820s, making it a key location for the industrial development of Scotland.
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