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M084 Alterations to 171 Sauchiehall Street

Address: 171, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Date: 1893
Client: A. T. Assafrey
Authorship:

(Office)

John Honeyman & Keppie designed a chimneypiece for the Sauchiehall Street shop of Glasgow confectioner and chocolate manufacturer Alexander Thomas Assafrey. The shop was located on the ground floor of the Fine Art Galleries, immediately E. of the Pettigrew & Stephens warehouse.

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: £13 0s 0d

Status: Demolished

Grid Reference: NS 5871 6581

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.864695, lng = -4.259272 (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.