Ruchill Free Church Halls - Charles Rennie Mackintosh:
Built 1898-1900. Designed by Mackintosh and located adjacent to the Parish Church the hall features Mackintosh's trademark art nouveau motifs and exemplifiying his 'Glasgow style'. The building is comparatively small and simple compared to some of his other commissions.

street address: 15-17 Shakespeare Street, Glasgow, G20 8TH
Latitude / Longitude: 55.886729,-4.283785 (sourced using Google Maps)

north elevation onto Shakespeare Street and the blank roughcast west elavtion, the Parish Church can be seen in the background


view form the canal back down Shakespeare Street


front elevation


front elevation and the tower house style feature on the north-east corner


view down Shakespeare Street


view up the tower feature


plaque on the front elevation


window detail of the tower


note the soft smooth curve of the window top


small window detail


windows and stonework details to the right of the main door


main door


main door


deeply recessed front door, and the flower style detail of the woodwork of the front door


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