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M130 Additions to Saracen Tool Works

Address: East Campbell Street, Glasgow G1 5DT
Date: 1896–8; 1902–3
Client: Alexander Mathieson & Sons
Authorship:

(Office)

1896: 14 May: Drawings for building at corner of Great Dovehill and Graeme Street approved by Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. 1

1898: 1 February: Payment of measurer's fee. 2

1902: 8 May: Dean of Guild Court approval granted for wood-drying shed in Macfarlane Street. 3
3 June: Work starts on site in Macfarlane Street. 4
26 August: Macfarlane Street shed finished. 5
1 October: Work on founding shop starts on site. 6

1903: 27 August: Founding shop complete. 7

Notes:

1: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild plans, TD1309/A/146.

2: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, p. 68.

3: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/56.

4: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/56, p. 94.

5: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/56, p. 94.

6: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/56, p. 94.

7: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/56, p. 94.

'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.