A giant steel box built to protect Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House will remain in place until 2028, the National Trust for Scotland (NTS) has confirmed. The Helensburgh building, completed in 1904, is considered to be the legendary Scottish architect's domestic masterpiece.
It was placed inside the chainmail structure in 2019 as part of efforts to protect its saturated walls from further weather damage and to allow them to gradually dry out. The NTS said £1.1m of new funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund will allow it to replace the existing render on the property.
The conservation charity said that once the metal structure is removed, it plans to add updated permanent visitor facilities to the site, including a cafe, shop and toilets. The package of funding, which is the first stage towards a wider £7.3m award, will support the charity's Mackintosh Illuminated project, which aims to celebrate the genius of both Mackintosh and his wife Margaret Macdonald.
The funding announcement comes a year after the NTS acquired the Mackintosh at the Willow tearoom on Glasgow's Sauchiehall Street. Search for missing Edinburgh woman last seen in Livingston almost two weeks ago. Alan Edward: Neo-Nazi who had home 'armoury' and discussed terror attack against LGBT group jailed.
