Basic Site Details Name: | Glasgow Herald Building | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | A Listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Sculptors of 1879-80 building: John Mossman and Charles Grassby.
Cost of 1893-95 rebuilding: £23,400 (date given as 1895-7 in Crawford, 1995). Cost of 1909 work: £50,000. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes |  | Office | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes |  | 63-69, Buchanan Street | Yes | |  | Mitchell Lane | | |  | 68-76, Mitchell Street | Yes | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes |  | 1870 | | | Original building |  | 1879 | 1880 | | Extensive rebuilding, remodelling back (Buchanan Street) |  | 1893 | 1895 | | Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling |  | 1909 | | | Addition, Mitchell Lane |  | 1914 | | | Alterations |  | 1918 | | | Alterations |  | 1927 | 1929 | | Refurbishment |  | 1935 | 1937 | | Alterations |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | | Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes |  | John Baird the Second | Architect | A | 1870 | | Original building |  | Hugh Hough (or Heugh, or Heuch) MacLure | Architect, Engineer | | 1879 | | Two sets of competition designs exhibited |  | Campbell Douglas | Architect, Valuer | B | 1879 | 1880 | Extensive rebuilding, remodelling back (Buchanan Street) |  | Campbell Douglas & Sellars | Architectural practice | B | 1879 | 1880 | Extensive rebuilding, remodelling back (Buchanan Street) |  | James Sellars | Architect, Valuer | B | 1879 | 1880 | Extensive rebuilding, remodelling back (Buchanan Street) |  | P & W Anderson | Architectural practice | | 1893(?) | 1895(?) | Engineers/builders for Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling? |  | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Architect | C | 1893(?) | 1895(?) | Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | C | 1893(?) | 1895(?) | Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling |  | John Honeyman | Architect | C | 1893(?) | 1895(?) | Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling |  | John Keppie | Architect | C | 1893(?) | 1895(?) | Mitchell Street new building and internal remodelling |  | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Architect | D | 1905 | | Alterations |  | Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh | Architectural practice | D | 1905 | | Alterations |  | John Keppie | Architect | D | 1905 | | Alterations |  | J W Beaumont & Sons | Architectural practice | E | 1909 | | Addition, Mitchell Lane |  | James William Beaumont | Architect | E | 1909 | | Addition, Mitchell Lane |  | William Somerville Beaumont | Architect | E | 1909 | | Addition, Mitchell Lane |  | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Architect | H | 1913 | | Further alterations |  | Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh | Architectural practice | H | 1913 | | Further alterations |  | John Keppie | Architect | H | 1913 | | Further alterations |  | Honeyman & Keppie | Architectural practice | F | 1914 | | Alterations |  | John Keppie | Architect | F | 1914 | | Alterations |  | Andrew Graham Henderson | Architect | G | 1918 | | Alterations |  | John Keppie | Architect | G | 1918 | | Alterations |  | Keppie & Henderson | Architectural practice | G | 1918 | | Alterations |  | Andrew Graham Henderson | Architect | I | 1927 | 1929 | Refurbishment |  | John Keppie | Architect | I | 1927 | 1929 | Refurbishment |  | Keppie & Henderson | Architectural practice | I | 1927 | 1929 | Refurbishment |  | Alexander Smellie | Architect | J | 1935 | 1937 | Alterations |  | Andrew Graham Henderson | Architect | J | 1935 | 1937 | Alterations |  | John Keppie | Architect | J | 1935 | 1937 | Alterations |  | Keppie & Henderson | Architectural practice | J | 1935 | 1937 | Alterations |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes |  | Outram, George and Company | Client for earlier phases |  | Simpson Hunter & Young | Client for 1935-7 work |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes |  | Crawford, Alan | 1995 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | London: Thames and Hudson | |  | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1879 | | | | 664 (Campbell Douglas & Sellars); 667 & 672 (MacLure) |  | Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts | 1880 | | | | 583 |  | Howarth, Thomas | 1977 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement | Second Edition | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd | pp61-2 |  | Hume, John R | 1974 | Industrial Archaeology of Glasgow | | Glasgow & London: Blackie | G72 |  | McKenzie, Ray | 2002 | Public sculpture of Glasgow (Public sculpture of Great Britain series) | | Liverpool University Press | pp38-40 |  | RSA | 1881 | | | | 886 |  | RSA | 1895 | | | | 490 (Honeyman & Keppie) |  | Stark, David | 2004 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., 1854 to 2004 | | Glasgow: Stenlake Publishing Ltd | pp169-73 |  | Williamson, Riches, Higgs | 1990 | Glasgow (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp220,230 |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes |  | Architect and Building News | 1933 | Jan-Jun | | p176 |  | Architect and Building News | 1935 | Jan-Jun | | p87 |  | British Architect | 27 August 1880 | | | |  | British Architect | March 1895 | | | Check date |  | Builder | 12 June 1909 | | | p710 - alterations by Beaumont |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes |  | Glasgow City Archives | Worsdall Collection | | Ref B136 |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 32994 | |  | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 33087 | 60-76 Mitchell Street (a Listed part) |  | Hunterian Museum | Mackintosh Collection | | Job Book (also for 1905 and 1914 alterations) |  | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 255, 343, 364, 434, 501 |  | Mitchell Library | Glasgow City Archives | | GC 052 BAI (reproduced on www.theglasgowstory.com) |  | Strathclyde Regional Archives | Glasgow Dean of Guild | | Plans only |
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