Basic Site Details Name: | 6 Florentine Terrace | City or county: | Glasgow | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | House extensively altered internally and redecorated at a cost of £900 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh when they moved into it in 1906. The house was demolished in 1963, but the interiors were reconstructed as The Mackintosh House as part of the Hunterian Art Gallery of the University of Glasgow. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | House(?) | | |
Street AddressesThe following street addresses are associated with this building: | | Address | Main entrance? | Notes | | 6, Florentine Terrace | Yes | Later 78 Southpark Avenue |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1906 | | | Alterations and interior decorations by the Mackintoshes for use as their own home | | 1963 | | | House demolished, but interiors subsequently reconstructed as The Mackintosh House at the Hunterian Art Gallery |
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 | | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | | 1906 | | Alterations and interior decorations in collaboration with his wife Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, for use as their own home |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Mackintosh, Charles Rennie and Margaret Macdonald | redesigned interiors for themselves |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Billcliffe, Roger | 1979 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Complete Furniture, Furniture Drawings & Interior Designs | | Guildford & London: Lutterworth Press | pp186-90 | | Crawford, Alan | 1995 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | | London: Thames and Hudson | p211 | | Howarth, Thomas | 1977 | Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement | Second Edition | London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd | pp117-20 | | Robertson, Pamela | N.D. | The Mackintosh House, Hunterian Art Gallery | | Glasgow: University of Glasgow, c.1998 | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Keppie Design (David Stark) | Database of jobs by Honeyman and Keppie | | No 332 |
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