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Description: | inscr. and d.: "Went to Paisley at 10 - 0 / returned 1:3 - took plans / to Murray [?] at County Build / these accepted by Committee / these accepted by Committee / to the site [?] of Major Collins' / house at Mossyde Kilmacolm / I found the water in the back / yard covered to a depth / of over 2 feet - The / new pant[?]s in front of / Kitchen Entrance door / seems to be to be quite / the best possible idea / they will give quite a / distinction to the old / entrance gable and / add I am sure a / new element of picturesque / to this gable which [scored out] is assured - 17-11-13 " CRE MACKINTOSH, Charles Rennie; (Scottish; 1868-1928) Mossyde was a modest, rubble-built cottage, worked on by Mackintosh between 1906 - 9 and 1913 - 15 to form a substantial T-plan house. It is exceptional among Mackintosh's work for its simple, unrefined vernacular character. See 41852 and 41897 - 41901 for Mackintosh drawings for the house. See also 53015/53 and 53015/54 for two other related entries in this notebook. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | NOTEBOOK : SKETCHBOOK : CRM ONLINE : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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