The House for an Art Lover is a building constructed in 1989-96, based on a design of 1901 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh with his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The building is situated in Bellahouston Park in Glasgow, Scotland. The House is still representative of the Mackintoshes, and the organisation running the facilities wishes to promote the Mackintoshes’ work. Today, the House for an Art Lover encourages interest in art, design, and architecture.
Tag: English heritage
Historic Royal Palaces
This doll’s house was built in the 1780s for the daughters of George III. It contains furnishings they made and decorated themselves. The walls retain their green ‘amoeba’ pattern wallpaper; similar in colour to fragments found at the palace itself. The house was later given away to the children of the captain of the King’s ship.
Beatles’ Childhood Homes
Part of The National Trust, the childhood homes of John Lennon and Sir Paul McCartney reveal the musician’s humble beginnings and the places where the Beatles met, composed and rehearsed many of their earliest songs.
Apsley House & Wellington Arch
A Georgian house packed with artworks collected and plundered by or gifted to the Duke of Wellington. The collection includes a Canova statue of Napoleon, a Wellington Arch and the Duke’s death mask.
18 Stafford Terrace
From 1875, 18 Stafford Terrace was the home of Punch cartoonist Edward Linley Sambourne, his wife Marion, their two children and their live-in servants. The house gives an insight into the personal lives of the Sambourne family, and also provides a rare example of what was known as an ‘Aesthetic interior’ or ‘House Beautiful’ style.