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M196 Addition and alterations to Aytoun House

Address: 3, Sydenham Road, Glasgow G12 9NT
Date: 1901–3
Client: James T. Tullis
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

c. 1865: Date of original house, designed by Glasgow architects Boucher & Cousland. 1

1901: May: Date of drawings submitted to Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. 2
6 June: Drawings approved by Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. 3
20 June: Earliest contractor tenders accepted. 4
30 July: Work on site begins. 5

1902: 7 January: 'Proceeding with interior work'. 6
February: Earliest payments to contractors. 7
17 June: 'Finishing'. 8
12 August: Final inspection visit. 9

1903: April: Latest payments to contractors. 10

c. 1999–2002: Conversion of house into six flats. 11

2001–2: Roof-top addition to 1860s section of the house by Page\Park. 12

Notes:

1: Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches and Malcolm Higgs, Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow, London: Penguin, 1990, p. 360.

2: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court plans, B4/12/1/8405.

3: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Master of Works' list of cases, 6 June 1901, no. 9.

4: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, p. 237.

5: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/12, p. 115.

6: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/12, p. 115.

7: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, pp. 238, 240.

8: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/12, p. 115.

9: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/12, p. 115.

10: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie / Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53061, pp. 238, 240.

11: Information supplied by flat-owner on visit, 24 April 2012.

12: Information supplied by Page\Park.

'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.