Draft plans of Hill House, Helensburgh

• Reference:GB 249 T-MIN/9
• Dates of Creation:1902 - 1904
• Name of Creator:
  Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928, architect and painter
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  7 plans and 1 pencil sketch

• Scope and Content

  Scale: 1 inch to 10 feet.
  Six of the draft plans appear to be by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, but are not signed. The office address is given as 140 Bath Street, Glasgow.

• Access Information

  Open

• Archivist's Note

  Created by Victoria Peters, January 2010.

• Custodial History

  The plans were found in a fireproof store in the Royal College building in April 1978. A note on the wrapping stated 'lent by W.W. Blackie'. This was the Glasgow publisher Walter W. Blackie, the owner of Hill House. Blackie was also a governor of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College, an antecedent of the University of Strathclyde.

• Additional Information

  published