Ruchill Free Church Halls - Charles Rennie Mackintosh:
Built 1898-1900. Designed by Mackintosh and located adjacent to the Parish Church the hall features Mackintosh's trademark art nouveau motifs and exemplifiying his 'Glasgow style'. The building is comparatively small and simple compared to some of his other commissions.
street address: 15-17 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow, G20 8TH
Latitude / Longitude: 55.886729,-4.283785 (sourced using Google Maps)
north elevation onto Shakespeare Street and the blank roughcast west elavtion, the Parish Church can be seen in the background
view form the canal back down Shakespeare Street
front elevation
front elevation and the tower house style feature on the north-east corner
view down Shakespeare Street
view up the tower feature
plaque on the front elevation
window detail of the tower
note the soft smooth curve of the window top
small window detail
windows and stonework details to the right of the main door
main door
main door
deeply recessed front door, and the flower style detail of the woodwork of the front door
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