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M340 Design for conversion of The Mystery House, Chelsea, London

Address: Upper Cheyne Row, Chelsea, London
Date: 1920
Client: Arts League of Service
Authorship:

(Mackintosh)

In 1920 Mackintosh made sketch plans of this early 20th-century house with a view to its use by the Arts League of Service, probably as artists' studios. Nothing came of the scheme.

Authorship: Mackintosh's involvement is recorded in his diary and sketchbook.

Alternative names: Renaissance House.

Alternative addresses:: Oakley Street

Status: Mackintosh's proposals apparently not carried out; building demolished

Grid Reference: TQ 27254 77822

GPS coordinates: lat = 51.485042, lng = -0.168681 (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.