Description

1901-2 Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh. Two-storey detached house. Stugged snecked rubble with polished dressings.

East elevation has large porch and architraved door with cornice in re-entrant angle of left-hand advanced gable, with four-light canted bay, single-light over, and vertical timber boarding at apex of gable; porch and bay have flat roof within high plain parapets.

South elevation has door, ground and two first floor windows in advanced left-hand gable with half-timbered apex. Single-storey and attic wing at right angles - with piended roof, three windows and two-light dormer below eaves to south and two doors and three small windows to north.

North elevation has two-storey semicircular stair turret with three first floor windows at left-hand gable, two ground and first floor windows.

Overhanging slated roof on bracketed eaves with barge boards.

Interior: Minister 'Gothic' fireplace in ex-library and various tiled fireplaces some of Art Nouveau character, (those in bedrooms very similar). Good ceilings and timberwork in attic.

Sundial in garden.

Statement of Interest

Built by the Glasgow-based practice of Honeyman, Keppie and Mackintosh, documentary evidence indicates that John Keppie was in charge of the design. It is unclear if Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was by then a partner in the firm, had any direct involvement, however the style of the semicircular tower and some of the internal woodwork suggest the involvement, or certainly the influence of Mackintosh. (Mackintosh Architecture)

B-group consisting of Balgowrie 4 Airlie Street/1 Argyle Street, 6 Airlie Street, The Mary Acre 11 Argyle Street, 1 Pearse Street/8 Airlie Street, Pearsemount 3 Pearse Street, 4 Pearse Street, 6 Pearse Street, Pearse Croft 8 Pearse Street, 16 Pearse Street, 18 Pearse Street and 20 Pearse Street.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was born in Glasgow and is regarded internationally as one of the leading architects and designers of the 20th century. He became known as a pioneer of Modernism, although his architecture took much inspiration from Scottish Baronial, and Scottish and English vernacular forms and their reinterpretation. The synthesis of modern and traditional forms led to a distinctive form of Scottish arts and crafts design, known as 'The Glasgow Style'. This was developed in collaboration with contemporaries Herbert McNair, and the sisters Francis and Margaret Macdonald (who would become his wife in 1900), who were known as 'The Four'. The Glasgow Style is now synonymous with Mackintosh and the City of Glasgow.

Mackintosh's work is wide-ranging and includes public, educational and religious buildings to private houses, interior decorative schemes and sculptures. He is associated with over 150 design projects, ranging from being the principal designer, to projects he was involved with as part of the firm of John Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901). The most important work during this partnership was the Glasgow School of Art (LB33105), which was built in two phases from 1897 and culminated in the outstanding library of 1907.

Other key works include the Willow Tea Rooms (LB33173), the Glasgow Herald Building (now The Lighthouse) (LB33087) and Hill House (LB34761), which display the modern principles of the German concept of 'Gesamtkunstwerk', meaning the 'synthesis of the arts'. This is something that Mackintosh applied completely to all of his work, from the exterior to the internal decorative scheme and the furniture and fittings.

Mackintosh left Glasgow in 1914, setting up practice in London the following year. Later he and Margaret moved to France, where until his death, his artistic output largely turned to textile design and watercolours.

Listed building record revised in 2019.

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17772977

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