Mosesfield House - Glasgow | 8K 360° Walk Around Experience

Explore Mosesfield House in Glasgow in this 8K 360° immersive walk around, and discover the unexpected birthplace of a major moment in British engineering history.

Originally known as New Mosesfield, the house was established in 1838 for publisher James Duncan, with its design attributed to the office of architect David Hamilton, responsible for landmarks such as the Royal Exchange and Glasgow Necropolis.

But this quiet building holds a remarkable story.

In the late 1800s, George Johnston, son of the resident minister, began experimenting in the grounds. After an early steam-powered tram failed in 1894, he turned his attention to the internal combustion engine.

Working in the stables alongside Norman Osbourne Fulton and Thomas Blackwood Murray, Johnston developed and patented a petrol-powered “dog cart” — recognised as the first automobile built in the United Kingdom.

To avoid attention, the trio carried out their first tests in secret. In November 1896, at midnight, Johnston drove the vehicle at 12 miles per hour on a 20-mile route around Glasgow.

Later, in 1905, Mosesfield House was gifted to the Corporation and became a museum, before taking on new roles as a working men’s club and tenemented flats after 1951.

Move your screen, drag with your mouse, or tilt your phone to explore every angle and experience this historic location as if you were there.