Near the model boat pond in the Elder Park, you will find a stone portico, a fragment from the former mansion house of the Linthouse Estate.
The Linthouse area of Govan lies on the west side of the Kvaerner-Govan Shipyard and was named after the flax industry that once flourished in the area.
The estate was purchased in 1868 by the shipbuilders, Alexander Stephen and Sons.
As the yard grew, the mansion house was demolished, but the portico was preserved and erected in Elder Park in 1921.
Across from the portico is one of the original Fairfield Farm houses.
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