Hill House - Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- ... Finally I went to Hill House, a country villa designed by the Mackintoshes at Helensburgh which is about 40 mins by train outside Glasgow ...
- ... We'd been umming and ahhing about going out to Helensburgh to see CRM's most celebrated building - Hill House ...
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- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Hill House seen from the orchard by Christa_os from a blog titled Mackintosh heaven!
- Hill House - Another View by Gleckelgirls from a blog titled Take Me Out
- Mackintosh's Hill House by Gleckelgirls from a blog titled Take Me Out
Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House
Just northwest of Glasgow in Helensburgh, you’ll find the Macintosh masterpiece, Hill House. Commissioned by Walter Blackie of Blackie and Son Publishers at the urging of his art director, the family home was completed in 1903. The client requested that the architect not use traditional materials like bricks or a tile roof. At the peak of his capabilities, Mackintosh embraced the challenge and designed every square inch to create a unique house unlike anything else at the time.
Mackintosh designed the architecture as well as the intricate interior, custom furnishings and other artistic details. A walk through the house treats the visitor to an astonishing display of his design ideas for lighting, cabinetry, furniture and fabrics. Natural plant forms and abstract geometry are incorporated in the dark wood, white walls and soft colors. The asymmetrical plan is in stark contrast to the classical style of the day. Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh designed some of the furnishings in the house including the Sleeping Princess gesso panel above the fireplace as well as these silk embroidered panels known as the “skinny ladies” beside one of the beds. The husband and wife worked so closely together that it’s difficult to distinguish the work of one or the other.
Located at 8 Upper Coloquhoun Street, the Hill House is about a mile from the Helensburgh train station or a 45 minute drive from central Glasgow. Open for self-guided tours, the house was donated to the National Trust for Scotland in 1982.
Over many, many years the house has been damaged by water infiltration and has had a difficult time drying out. So much so, that the National Trust is considering enclosing the house in a glass structure so that it can dry out slowly without crumbling to pieces.
There are a few places to eat in the town of Helensburgh nearby, but if you want to extend your stay try the Hill House Tea Room in the space that was originally the kitchen in the Hill House. They have tasty soup, salads and sandwiches as well as tea.
Enjoy your visit to the Hill House.
Hill House, Helensburgh, Scotland
Designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
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Hill House is on the outskirts of Helensburgh. It's near Loch Lomond and is one of the houses that Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed. It's in the care of the National Trust for Scotland (NTS).
The Hill House - A box of delights
The Trust’s President, Neil Oliver pays a visit to The Hill House in Helensburgh to see for himself how generous donors are helping to save Mackintosh’s greatest domestic masterpiece.
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Places to see in ( Helensburgh - UK )
Places to see in ( Helensburgh - UK )
Helensburgh is a town within the Helensburgh and Lomond Area of Argyll and Bute Council, Scotland. Helensburgh also has its own Community Council. ntil local government reorganisation in 1996 Helensburgh was in Dumbarton District and hence also in Strathclyde Region; prior to 1975 it was a small burgh with its own town council within Dunbartonshire. In the Middle Ages it was within the Earldom of Lennox, an area sometimes referred to as The Lennox. It lies on the north shore of the Firth of Clyde and the mouth of the Gareloch is close to the western boundary of the town.
Helensburgh is 25 miles (40 km) north-west of Glasgow. The town faces south towards Greenock across the Firth of Clyde, which is approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) wide at this point. Ocean-going ships can call at Greenock, but the shore at Helensburgh is very shallow, although to the west of the town the Gareloch is deep.
Helensburgh lies at the western mainland end of the Highland Boundary Fault. This means that the hills to the north of Helensburgh lie in the Highlands, whereas the land to the south of Helensburgh is in the Lowlands or Central Belt of Scotland. Consequently, there is a wide variety of landscape in the surrounding area – for example, Loch Lomond (part of Scotland's first National Park) is only 4 miles (6.4 km) over the hill to the north-east of Helensburgh. Although the Highland Boundary Fault is not geologically active, very minor earthquakes do occur occasionally in the area.
Helensburgh is an attractive small seaside town set in beautiful scenery - as the picture looking west from the pier shows. Because of its setting Helensburgh has for long been considered to have some of Scotland's highest house prices. Indeed, in a 2006 survey, Helensburgh was shown to be the second most expensive town in which to buy property in Scotland. The older parts of the town are laid out in the gridiron pattern, Helensburgh being an early example of a planned town in Scotland. The character of the town is further enhanced by its many tree-lined streets, and the cherry blossom in the Spring is a particular feature; a consequence is that the town has been referred to as the Garden City of the Clyde.
After the arrival of the railway many attractive villas were built in Helensburgh as the homes of wealthy business people from Glasgow. As a result of this Helensburgh has two Conservation Areas. The smaller of these is The Hill House Conservation Area, based on the masterpiece of architecture by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and built for the publisher Walter Blackie.
The town is served by three railway stations. The principal one is Helensburgh Central, the terminus of the North Clyde Line and Craigendoran at the east end of the town is on the same line. Helensburgh Upper is on the West Highland Line; trains from here go to Fort William, Mallaig and Oban while, in the opposite direction, the Caledonian Sleeper provides a direct train service to London. There is also a bus service to Glasgow, as well as local bus services within the town and to the Vale of Leven and to Carrick Castle.
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Research on The Hill House, by Architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
It is a project for Historical Influences on Interior Design 2,
for Taylor's University, The Design School, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture Semester 3.
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As pointed out by Karen, (Thanks Karen!)
The photo of Dining Room which appears around 7:38-7:47 is actually from House for an Art Lover, another design of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Sorry for the mistake.
House designed by famous Charles Mackintosh is being prepared to open up to the public | SWNS TV
Conservationists are preparing to open a house designed by world-famous Charles Rennie Mackintosh to the public - after the crumbling masterpiece was wrapped in a protective box. The landmark Hill House was built as a home for the future by the iconic designer and artist in 1902. But the experimental material used in the structure allowed water to soak into the building.
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OR POMMIE VISITS FAMOUS AUSSIE GHOST TUNNELS!!
Yes, the infamy of the GHOST TUNNEL films have spread world wide. Our very first international visitor who had seen the films in England had a 24 hour stay over in Sydney.
But did he want to see the Sydney Opera House? Sydney Harbour Bridge? The Blue Mountains? Wollongong? No, he choose to see the Helensburgh abandon Train Tunnels, locations of the GHOST TUNNEL films!!
Now is that taste or what?????
So Angela Fagerstrom Editor of the local Helensburgh Herald and I did the escort. Though I do wonder will there be more keen to see the tunnels with well over a 1,016,000 views world wide, and will they all come at once or one at a time!!!!
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Hillhouse Road, Hamilton
The JR Group is delighted with the progress made at the Hillhouse Road development in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
The development consists of 29 retirement living flats, which will provide independent living for the elderly at the site adjacent to the junction at Hillhouse Road and Wellhall Road, Hamilton.
Places to see in ( Balloch - UK )
Places to see in ( Balloch - UK )
Balloch is a small town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the foot of Loch Lomond. Balloch comes from the Gaelic word bal (baile or ball) which means village or hamlet, so Balloch means village on the loch, i.e. the nearby Loch Lomond. The word bealach means a pass.
Balloch is at the north end of the Vale of Leven, straddling the River Leven itself. It connects to the larger town of Alexandria and to the smaller village of Jamestown, both of which are located to its south. It also borders the Kilpatrick Hills. To the east of the town lies the major local authority housing scheme in the area known as 'The Haldane' or 'The Mill of Haldane'. At 56 degrees N, Balloch is at about the same latitude as Moscow.
With its accessible location at the southern end of Loch Lomond and just off the main road from Glasgow to the West Highlands (A82), it is an important centre of tourism, especially from Glasgow and Dumbarton. The town has a number of hotels, inns and pubs, and there are cruises from Balloch up Loch Lomond, and other services, including to nearby locations like Luss, and the Renfrew Ferry service. The largest number of boats cruising on Loch Lomond leave from Balloch. The town is also the home of Dunkirk vessel Skylark XI which helped rescue 600 troops during WWII. It contains Balloch Country Park and Balloch Castle, and is at the southern end of the first Scottish national park, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. There is a Sea Life Centre in the town. The Loch Lomond Youth Soccer Festival used to take place in the town. Lochfoot in the Jean Robertson novels of Jane Duncan is partly based on the town. The PS Maid of the Loch is currently being restored at Balloch pier and the Balloch Steam Slipway is located nearby.
The A811 road (based on an 18th-century military road) goes from Balloch to Stirling, and the A813 goes from Dumbarton to Balloch. The Glasgow to Loch Lomond cycle path (part of National Cycle Route 7) ends at Balloch. The West Loch Lomond Cycle Path also runs from Balloch. The town was formerly served by two railway stations on the Caledonian and Dunbartonshire Junction Railway: Balloch Central, and Balloch Pier, which closed in 1988 and 1986, respectively. The town now has one railway station opened by British Rail, which is a terminus of the North Clyde electric train service from Glasgow.
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Relocation of Glasgow's Willow Tea Rooms, on Live At Five
Live At Five speaks to Watt Brothers' Marketing Manager, Peter Samson, and owner of Mackintosh Tea Rooms, Anne Mulhern, about the store's move from 217 Sauchiehall Street to the third floor of the Watt Brothers building. June 10th, 2016, on Live At Five.
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藝苑掇英 Charles Rennie Mackintosh 爾斯·雷尼·麥金托什 (1868-1928) Arts and Crafts Art Nouveau British
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, (born June 7, 1868, Glasgow, Scotland—died December 10, 1928, London, England), Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Great Britain.
He was apprenticed to a local architect, John Hutchinson, and attended evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art. In 1889 he joined the firm of Honeyman and Keppie, becoming a partner in 1904.
In collaboration with three other students, one of whom, Margaret Macdonald, became his wife in 1900, Mackintosh achieved an international reputation in the 1890s as a designer of unorthodox posters, craftwork, and furniture. In contrast to contemporary fashion his work was light, elegant, and original, as exemplified by four remarkable tearooms he designed in Glasgow (1896–1904) and other domestic interiors of the early 1900s.
Mackintosh’s chief architectural projects were the Glasgow School of Art (1896–1909), considered the first original example of Art Nouveau architecture in Great Britain; two unrealized projects—the 1901 International exhibition, Glasgow (1898), and “Haus eines Kunstfreundes” (1901); Windyhill, Kilmacolm (1899–1901), and Hill House, Helensburgh (1902); the Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow (1904); and Scotland Street School (1904–06). Although all have some traditional characteristics, they reveal a mind of exceptional inventiveness and aesthetic perception. By 1914 he had virtually ceased to practice and thereafter devoted himself to watercolour painting.
Although Mackintosh was nearly forgotten for several decades, the late 20th century saw a revival of interest in his work. The stark simplicity of his furniture designs, in particular, appealed to contemporary taste, and reproductions of Mackintosh chairs and settees began to be manufactured. The Mackintosh House in Glasgow was reconstructed and opened to the public as a museum in the late 1970s.
查爾斯·雷尼·麥金托什在1868年6月7日生於格拉斯哥，是威廉·麥金托什及瑪格麗特·麥金托什家裡十一個小孩的第四個，也是次子。年輕的查爾斯在雷德公共學校與艾蘭格倫學院求學。[2][3] 在1890年，麥金托什透過提出「古典建築風格的推進結合湯姆森作品的建築概念」論文得到亞歷山大·湯姆森的旅遊獎學金。[4]回到格拉斯哥後，他任職 Honeyman and Keppie 建築事務所，開始在1899年著手第一個大建築項目：格拉斯哥先驅報大樓。
麥金托什在格拉斯哥藝術學校認識同輩藝術家瑪格麗特·麥克唐納。同為知名的「四人組」協作成員，兩人在1902年結婚。在作出一些成功的建築設計之後，麥金托什於1907年成為 Honeyman and Keppie 建築事務所的一員。在執業期間，麥金托什精進他的建築風格。在1909年，他著手設計蘇格蘭街頭學校 (Scotland Street School)，這是麥金托什最後的大型建築作品。當經濟困難造成多數建築計畫休止時，他從 Honeyman and Keppie 辭職，並開啟自有的事業。因為自有事業也難以運作，麥金托什和妻子決定去薩福克放長假。他旅居薩福克時，畫了許多花卉水彩畫。一年後麥金托什搬家至倫敦，查爾斯繼續創作繪畫以及紡織品設計。在1916年，麥金托什收到重新設計 W.J. Bassett-Lowke 住居的委託，這是他最後一項建築與室內設計的案件。
由於財務拮据，麥金托什在1925年搬家至法國南部東庇里牛斯省的凡德雷港，[5]這個地中海沿岸的城市氣候溫暖，生活費用也較低。在生涯的平靜階段，麥金托什作出一本以建築與景觀為主題的大型水彩繪畫畫冊。麥金托什在法國居住兩年，後來迫於疾病返回倫敦。
在1927當年，麥金托什被診斷出咽喉以及舌癌。在療養期間有一段短暫康復期，他出院在家休養幾個月。之後麥金托什被送往一家療養院，並於1928年12月10日去世。
Driving to Aberfoyle, a small village in Scotland
Aberfoyle (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Phuill) is a village in the historic county and registration county of Perthshire and the council area of Stirling, Scotland. The settlement lies 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Glasgow.
Visitors were first attracted to Aberfoyle and the surrounding area after the publication of The Lady of the Lake by Sir Walter Scott in 1810. The poem described the beauty of Loch Katrine. Aberfoyle describes itself as The Gateway to the Trossachs, and is well situated for visitors to access attractions such as Loch Lomond and Inchmahome Priory at the Lake of Menteith. A tourist information office run by VisitScotland sits in the centre of town, offering free information, selling souvenirs and acting as a booking office for many of the local B&B's and hotels. Aberfoyle Golf Club was built in 1860 and is located just south of town near the Rob Roy restaurant. Aberfoyle is also part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
Aberfoyle is also home to the largest Go Ape adventure course in the UK, featuring the longest death slide, or 'zip-line', in the UK.
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