Glover House
Glover House, 79 Balgownie Road, Bridge of Don Aberdeen AB22 8JS
This Victorian House is the family home of Thomas Blake Glover (1838-1911), whose family lived at Bridge of Don from 1849, moving to this house in 1864.
Thomas Blake Glover is today revered in Japan as being one of the founders of modern Japan. He had a crucial role in the industrialisation of Japan and in the introduction of Western developments in manufacturing, while helping to overthrow the Shogun and restoring the rightful heir to the Imperial Throne of Japan. His personal life may also have provided the basis for the Madam Butterfly story, immortalised in the opera by Puccini.
The house has been recreated as Glover would have known it in the 1860s A guided tour will help explore Glover's story, and visitors will see an authentic Victorian Parlour, Dining Room, Bedroom and Victorian Kitchen, as well as admiring Samurai armour and other Japanese memorabilia. Glover House was gifted by Mitsubishi Co to the Grampian Japan Trust in 1997.
Glover House is currently closed. If you would like to speak to someone about Glover House or the Grampian Japan Trust please use the contact below:
Contact(s)
- Jacqueline Rattray
Economic Development, Transportation & Infrastructure
Aberdeenshire Council
Woodhill House
Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
Phone: 01224 664573
Email: jacqueline.rattray@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
