GLASGOW’S famous Hutcheson brothers, Thomas and George, were philanthropic lawyers in the 17th century.
and later said this one of “the blessings, and the pious and memorable exampell for which, under God, I am indebted to my brother George.”
It was in Partick that George built his house - sometimes mistakenly called the Bishop’s Castle. His Partick lands were later incorporated in the Meadowside shipbuilding yard. Thomas added an endowment for a school for orphaned and under-privileged boys; sons of burgesses, to be housed in an adjoining hospital building. He also added to the funds available for the hospital.
The front of the building on Trongate was adorned with a 100-feet high steeple complete with a clock and bell. To the north of the main complex was an extensive garden open to the public as well as to inmates.In the original school, the scholars were kept apart from the men. No house duties were to be imposed on the lads so that they might get the full benefit of their education. They were kept for four or five years, and the abler of them sent to the Grammar School.
The hospital patrons invested the money raised from the sale in the erection of a new hospital in Ingram Street, now known as Hutchesons Hall.
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