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Mackintosh house in England.(Brief Article)
Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke made a fortune manufacturing model ships and railways in Northampton, England. In 1916 his father bought an early nineteenth-century terraced house at 78 Derngate, which he gave to his son on his marriage in 1917. To refurbish it the couple hired the Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
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Although Mackintosh never visited the site during the project, he made significant changes to the house. An extension was built at the rear, which enlarged the kitchen and dining room and provided an enclosed balcony for the principal bedroom and an open one for the guestroom. In addition, Mackintosh designed furniture specifically for the house. In 1926 the Bassett-Lowkes ...
- GBP800,000 revamp of Derngate house.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 24, 2005 700+ words
...remodelled by artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh is due to start next month...GBP800,000 renovation at 82 Derngate will start in April with the...to cater for visitors to 78 Derngate which is two doors away and...on the visitors." The 78 Derngate Northampton Trust opened the...
- 78 Derngate wins prestigious award.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 25, 2009 700+ words
...Byline: Nick Spoors No. 78 Derngate: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh House scooped the prize...a high level."No. 78 Derngate was up against other short...Scottish architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.Between April 2007 and...
- National awards for 78 Derngate.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire May 26, 2005 700+ words
...Chronicle and Echo) THE DERNGATE house famously remodelled by artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh has clinched two national...19th century townhouse 78 Derngate scooped the trophies during...presented." Previously 78 Derngate has also won a commendation...
- GBP400,000 to restore Derngate townhouse.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire December 1, 2004 700+ words
...designed by artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh are seeking GBP400,000 in...19th century townhouse at 82 Derngate is only two doors down from...Mackintosh in 1916. The 78 Derngate Northampton Trust opened the...premises at one time. Number 78 Derngate was built in the 19th century...
- 78 Derngate scoops another award.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire October 10, 2008 700+ words
...From Northampton Chronicle and Echo) The Charles Rennie Mackintosh museum, which is staffed almost entirely by volunteers...is the second award within a matter of weeks for 78 Derngate. In September it scooped the museum of the year prize...
- 78 Derngate is Northamptonshire Museum of the Year.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire September 29, 2008 700+ words
...museum, which showcases the painstakingly restored Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed house, won the prize at the glittering Northamptonshire...not only of the restored house, but also of the work at 82 Derngate, which houses a shop and extra exhibition space for artwork...
- Illustrated talk at 78 Derngate.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire April 17, 2009 700+ words
...of the second phase of Glasgow School of Art Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece in Glagow. To mark this event the school has agreed to loan two original Mackintosh chairs to 78 Derngate a" the house he remodelled for WJ Bassett-Lowke a...
- Rennie Mackintosh Drawings Brought to Life.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 16, 2000 700+ words
...Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Charles Rennie Mackintosh is universally acknowledge as an...collectors. It was in 1900 that Rennie Mackintosh and his wife entered the now famous...suite in the Art Lovers House and of Rennie Mackintosh's original drawings also accompany...
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- Magazine article from: Country Living Bronson, Laura E. June 1, 1996 700+ words
...tribute to Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In February 1891, when he was...architect, 22-year-old Charles Rennie Mackintosh delivered an address to the Glasgow...Pamela Robertson, who edited Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Architectural Papers. Ms...
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh.(Review)
- Magazine article from: Victorian Studies Cherry, Deborah January 1, 1998 700+ words
...to visit the city and to see the buildings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This equation of Glasgow = Mackintosh = Glasgow, all...eleven and one half by ten and one quarter inches, Charles Rennie Mackintosh is a hefty as well as a lavish volume. Organised around...
Source: HighBeam Research, Mackintosh house in England.(Brief Article)