Mackintosh Building, Comrie
| Mackintosh Building | |
|
Perthshire | |
|---|---|
 The Mackintosh Building | |
| Type: | Shop |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NN77312199 |
| Location: | 56°22’27"N, 3°59’17"W |
| Village: | Comrie |
| History | |
| Address: | 1 Dunira Street |
| Built 1903 – 1904 | |
| By: | John Rennie Mackintosh |
| Shop | |
| Scots baronial | |
| Information | |
| Website: | Landmark Trust |
The Mackintosh Building, or more properly 1 Dunira Street, known locally as Brough and Macpherson, is a shop building with a flat above it on the corner of Dunira Street and Melville Square in Comrie in Perthshire Its significance is that the building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at a time when he was doing his very best work. It has a nod towards the Scottish baronial style, with a projecting turret at the corner.
The building I today a Category A listed building.[1]
This building was designed by Mackintosh and dates from 1903–4, a time when he was doing his very best work. It was commissioned, by a local draper and ironmonger as a shop with a flat above and workrooms in the attics.
The shop is still a shop. The flat is owned by the Landmark Trust and let out as a holiday apartment.
The Trust redecorated the flat, which has good and characteristic details. The main room runs into the distinctive turret, with a view of the River Earn and the wooded hills beyond.
Outside links
- The Mackintosh Building: Landmark Trust
References
- CANMORE (RCAHMS) record of Comrie, 1 Dunira Street
- Lennie, L. (2010) Scotland's shops. Edinburgh. RCAHMS Shelf Number: F.6.5.LEN
