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This extract from the 1864 Ordnance Survery map shows Muttonhole Farm and Cottages prior to the creation of
Scotstounhill Station. Note the outbuildings of Windyedge Farm to the east.
The farmlands of Muttonhole expanded over Embo Drive, just off present-day Lincoln Avenue, and were historically
farmed by the Coubrough family. One of the last proprietors of Muttonhole Farm was Thomas Coubrough, who died
unmarried in 1923. Thomas was the oldest of four children of John Coubrough and Mary Muir, who worked the Farm
before him.
Within Elizabeth Oswald’s impressive Inventory of estate, compiled after her death in 1864, there is
stated that a Mr John Coulbrough [sic] was the proprietor of Muttonhole Farm at that time. Note that
Coulbrough is an alternative spelling of Coubrough.
Other farmers such as George Richmond of Scotstoun Mains and those at nearby Skaterigg Farm are also listed in Miss
Oswald’s Inventory.
This rare photo, taken at the close of the 19th Century, shows the farmhouse and outbuildings of Muttonhole
Farm. Notice how undeveloped the surrounding areas are at this point.
The rural tranquillity of this scene was disturbed when the Glasgow Corporation acquired land in the vicinity of
Scotstounhill – building semi-detached houses in the inter-war period and multi-storey tower blocks in the 1960s.
It was around this time that the dilapidated farmhouses were demolished and the lands of Muttonhole Farm were
feued for housing. The site of the Farm is now occupied by a series of unsightly high-rise flats and post-war housing,
however some
small sections of the farmlands have not been built upon and lie fallow.
 
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