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M338 Studio-house for Harold Squire, Chelsea, London

Address: 49, Glebe Place, Chelsea, London SW3 5JE
Date: 1920–1
Client: Harold Squire
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

This combined studio and dwelling is one of several schemes by Mackintosh intended to occupy different parts of the same large site in Chelsea. It is the only one that was built. The design evolved through three different versions, of which the final executed one is the simplest. The building has been much altered.

Authorship: There are numerous signed and unsigned drawings by Mackintosh for this scheme, and his diary provides a detailed record of his involvement.

Cost from other sources: Estimated cost, excluding heating and ventilation: £4353 0s 0d; estimated cost of rooftop addition: £650 0s 0d

Status: Standing building; altered

Current use: Residential (2014)

Grid Reference: TQ 27180 77841

GPS coordinates: lat = 51.485257, lng = -0.169754 (Map)

'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.