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M060 Addition to West Free Church manse, Helensburgh

Address: 21A, West Argyle Street, Helensburgh G84 8XP ?
Date: 1891–2
Client: Rev. William Leitch
Authorship:

(Office)

John Honeyman & Keppie designed a modest, unspecified addition to the manse. 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: £149 9s 10d

Status: Standing building

Current name: Argyle Lodge Care Home

Current use: Residential (2014)

Grid Reference: NS 2954 8262

GPS coordinates: lat = 56.006125, lng = -4.735460 (Map)

Notes:

1: Rev. William Leitch, whose name appears in the job-book entry, is listed in the 1899 Helensburgh Post Office directory as the minister of the West Free Church. Helensburgh Post Office Directory 1899, 1899, p. 84.

'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.