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M265 Additions and alterations to 4 Woodside Place

Address: 4, Woodside Place, Glasgow G3 7QF
Date: 1906
Client: Dr James H. Nicoll
Authorship:

(Office)

c. 1840: Woodside Place constructed. The architect was George Smith. 1

1906: 8 February: Plans approved by Glasgow Dean of Guild Court. 2
12 February: Earliest contractor tenders accepted. 3
24 February: Digging on site in progress. 4
19 October: Final inspection visit. 5

1907: October: Latest payments to contractors. 6

1910: Minor alterations in kitchen. 7

1921: Dr James Henderson Nicoll dies. Property inherited by his nephew David John Todd Nicoll, a London stockbroker, who sells the house to Dr Robert Frew Young. 8

1946: Internal alterations for Esther Johnson. The property becomes the Bristol Hotel. 9

1991: Property bought by Andrew Nairn Ltd. 10

1994: Alterations for Andrew Nairn Ltd including conversion of ground floor at lane to garages. Woodside Business Centre established. 11

Notes:

1: Elizabeth Williamson, Anne Riches and Malcolm Higgs, Buildings of Scotland: Glasgow, London: Penguin, 1990, p. 284.

2: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/9, p. 59.

3: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53062, p. 101.

4: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/9, p. 59.

5: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court, Register of Inspections, D-OPW 25/9, p. 74.

6: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53062, pp. 101–2.

7: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: Honeyman Keppie & Mackintosh job book, GLAHA 53063, p. 38.

8: Property chronology created by Andrew Nairn Ltd. Viewed on building visit, 9 June 2011.

9: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow Dean of Guild Court plans, B4/12/1946/482.

10: Property chronology created by Andrew Nairn Ltd. Viewed on building visit, 9 June 2011

11: Glasgow City Archives Collection: Glasgow City Council building control plans, GCC16/3/18/1994/1736.

'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.