Balgrayhill Road, Glasgow Double Villa, Architect, House, Scottish Property Project
Balgrayhill Road Villa : Historic Glaswegian Building
Rennie Mackintosh Architecture: Strathclyde Property, Scotland
post updated 6 Mar 2021
Balgrayhill Road House
Address: 140-142 Balgrayhill Road, Glasgow G21 3TN
Date: 1890
Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Status: Grade A listed, 1977
Property: includes Redclyffe
140-142 Balgrayhill Road was designed by Rennie Mackintosh for his cousin, James Hamilton.
Symmetrical two-storey double villa with massive canted and piended outer bays, main roof swept down between over 2 lower, close-spaced narrow bays. Red ashlar with polished dressings. Slate roofs with bracketed eaves.
The villa is set behind a low boundary wall with wrought-iron gates and railings.
photo : Thomas Nugent – Balgrayhill Road, courtesy of wikimedia commons
Charles Rennie Mackintosh architect
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Glasgow School of Art
photo © Adrian Welch
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Major Strathclyde Building Designs – selection:
SECC Glasgow
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Glasgow Transport Museum
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St Vincent Street Church
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Briggait Centre : Nicoll Russell Studios
photo : Andrew Lee
Scottish National Arena Glasgow : Foster & Partners
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Moray Place – designed by Glaswegian architect Alexander “Greek” Thomson, who eventually died at this address.
photo : Twospoonfuls, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
Website: Balgrayhill Road – property information
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