Hill House (Helensburgh, Scotland) : Caretaker's house, general view looking north

Creator:

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie, 1868-1928

Published/Created:

Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1902-1903

Date Depicted:

5/27/2007
1900 AD - 1949 AD

Materials:

slate
stone
stucco

Notes:

Much of Mackintosh's career as an architect might have remained unfulfilled had he not been encouraged and sustained by a few determined and discriminating patrons such as the Glasgow publisher Walter Blackie (1860-1953). As a result of his friendship with Blackie's art director, Talwin Morris (1865-1911), Mackintosh was invited by Blackie in 1902 to design a family house, later known as the Hill House (now owned by National Trust Scotland). The chosen site, in upper Helensburgh, Strathclyde, is an exposed slope with a panoramic view of the Firth of Clyde. Although the plan of the Hill House generated the form of the building, the relationships and scale of the main units as seen from the south have an uncanny resemblance to Crathes Castle, Grampian, a late 16th-century L-plan tower-house to which was added a plain two-storey wing to provide more commodious accommodation. [Mackintosh also designed the gardens.]

Topics:

Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Glasgow style
Modern
Modernist

Culture:

British

Accession Number:

1A1-MCR-HH-1-H2

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
furnishings (AAT)
interior design (AAT)
residences: dwellings (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; Gardens; Housing construction buildings; dwellings; houses exterior

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Two

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/27/2007

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10165168

PID:

digcoll:1867918