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M111 Alterations to 401 Sauchiehall Street

Address: 401, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow G2 3LG
Date: 1895
Client: James Raeburn's Trustees
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

1895: June: Drawings for new shopfront made by John Honeyman & Keppie. 1
1 August: Drawings approved by Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. 2
5 August: Work commences on site. 3
12 September: Windows being put in. 4
28 October: Robert Lorimer's new shop at 401 Sauchiehall Street described as 'just opened'. 5

1896: April: Robert Lorimer examined for bankruptcy. 6

Notes:

1: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild plans, B4/12/1/4033.

2: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/7, p. 35.

3: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/7, p. 35.

4: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/7, p. 35.

5: Glasgow Herald, 28 October 1895, p. 11.

6: Glasgow Herald, 28 April 1896, p. 6.

'Mackintosh Architecture' led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.