Hill House
Mackintosh’s house in Helensburgh with interiors by him and Margaret Macdonald.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed the house for Walter Blackie and also determined furniture, lighting and surfaces. Margaret Macdonald contributed decoration in the drawing room frieze.
Hill House is a central work of the Glasgow School and of Art Nouveau. The house is owned by the National Trust for Scotland and is open to visitors.
Materials: Harled brick, wood, tile, lacquered furniture and wall paintings
Manufacture: Built and furnished 1902–1904 for the publisher Walter Blackie in Helensburgh, Scotland.
The white drawing room with silvery panels.
The tall backs of the chairs.
The plain, massive house with a tower and closed façades.