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M172 Alterations to Govan Manse

Address: 517, Paisley Road West, Glasgow
Date: 1899
Client: Govan Parish
Authorship:

(Office)

John Honeyman & Keppie carried out alterations which appear to have coincided with the appointment of a new minister, W. A. Mill, following the death of Rev. John Macleod. 1

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of John Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during Mackintosh's time there. Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but there is no specific evidence for his involvement in this case.

Cost from office job book: £235 6s 11d

Status: Demolished

RCAHMS Site Number: NS56SE 539

Grid Reference: NS 55860 64280 (site of building)

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.850115, lng = -4.303959 (Map)

Notes:

1: Glasgow Post Office Directory, 1895–6, appendix, p. 108; 1900–1, appendix, p. 145; Ian C. Bradley, 'John Macleod Centenary Lecture, 14 March 1998', Friends of Govan Old, www.govanold.org.uk [ accessed 23 July 2012].

'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.