Hall at Dean Park Parish Church

M082 Hall at Dean Park Parish Church

Introduction

In 1893–4, John Honeyman & Keppie added a two-storey hall to the N. of the church designed 20 years earlier by John Honeyman. Drawings submitted to the Glasgow Dean of Guild Court show a plain building in yellow sandstone, a large hall on each of the two floors, and a hallway and stair at the S. end connecting to the church.

Authorship: This is one of over 270 jobs carried out in the office of John Honeyman & Keppie (Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh from 1901) during Mackintosh's time there. Mackintosh undoubtedly worked on many of these, but there is no specific evidence for his involvement in this case.

Alternative names: St Kiaran's Dean Park Parish Church.

Cost from job book: £1057 2s 1d

Status: Demolished

RCAHMS Site Number: NS56NE 1801

Grid reference: NS 56045 65270

Chronology

1874 Opening of Dean Park Parish Church, designed by John Honeyman. 1

1893 February: Earliest date of drawings submitted to the Dean of Guild Court. 2

1894 21 November: Latest payment to contractor. 3

Description

People

Clients: no data in job book Contractors: John Bell & Co. James Boyd & Sons George Laird & Son Livingston & Hill David Philp John Smeaton Robert Smith & Son

Job Book

The job books of Honeyman & Keppie (later Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh) are now held by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow and include four volumes related to the Mackintosh period. The books were used by the firm to keep a project-by-project, day-by-day record of contractors, suppliers and expenditure. The name of a project and/or client is usually at the top of the left-hand page, followed by information about tradesmen who tendered. The name of the measurer (quantity surveyor) is usually at the top of the right-hand page, followed by information about payments to contractors and suppliers. All of the data for M082 is entered in the tables below.

Page numbering is not consistent in the job books. Sometimes a single number refers to a double-page spread and sometimes each page is individually numbered. Here, each image of a double-page spread is identified by the number given at the top of the left-hand page. (Images of all of the pages from the four job books can be found at Browse Job Books, Visit Book and Cash Book.)

The following information about M082 has been extracted from the job books:

Job book: 53059 Page: 212

Client: no data in job book

Measurer: Livingston & Hill

Tenders:

Contractor Type Address Date Value Accepted John Bell & Co. builder Govan no data in job £363 4s 0d yes book (no data in job book) Gow builder no data in job book no data in job £373 0d 0s no book Baxter builder Pollokshields no data in job £432 12s 10d no book Thomas Brown builder Rottenrow no data in job £440 0s 0d no book Daniel McCallum builder Bothwell Street no data in job £403 2s 0d no book Baxter wright Pollokshields no data in job £343 15s 7d no book John Smeaton wright Govan no data in job £330 10s 1½d yes book (no data in job book) Thomas Brown wright Rottenrow no data in job £343 0s 0d no book Hamilton Marr & wright Govan no data in job £338 12s 3d no Co. book David Philp slater & Govan no data in job £40 4s 9d yes plasterer book Baxter slater & Pollokshields no data in job £37 17s 10d no plasterer book Thomas Brown slater & Rottenrow no data in job £44 14s 0d no plasterer book John Sanders slater & Govan no data in job £51 1s 9d no plasterer book Robert Smith & Son plumber Govan no data in job £33 14s 9d yes book William Thompson plumber Copland Road, no data in job £41 6s 8½d no Govan book Baxter plumber Pollokshields no data in job £36 5s 0d no book Thomas Brown plumber Rottenrow no data in job £41 16s 0d no book John Hendry painter Govan no data in job no data in job no data in job book book book George Miller & Co. painter no data in job book no data in job no data in job no data in job book book book

Payments (trades):

Name Type Payment out sum John Bell & Co. builder Payment date: no data in job book £377 13s 3½d 1 John Smeaton wright Payment date: 11 November [1894] £367 17s 10d 2 David Philp slater & plasterer Payment date: 11 November [1894] £21 13s 6d 3 Robert Smith & Son plumber Payment date: 11 November [1894] £39 19s 3½d

Payments (suppliers):

Name Service Payment date Payment sum James Boyd & Sons no data in job book 5 October [1894] £88 12s 2d George Laird & Son no data in job book 21 November 1894 £201 6s 0d

Measurer fee payment: £24 5s 0d (11 November [1894])

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Bibliography

Notes:

1: David Stark, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Co., Catrine, Ayrshire: Stenlake Publishing, 2004, p. 20.

2: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie job book, GLAHA 53059, p. 212.

3: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: John Honeyman & Keppie job book, GLAHA 53059, p. 212.

4: 'jobbing a/c' £9 18s 0d.

5: 'including lining walls with wood.'

6: 'slater work plaster being changed in to wood lining.'

Mackintosh Architecture: Context, Making and Meaning

Led by The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council; with additional support from The Monument Trust, The Pilgrim Trust, and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; and collaborative input from Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.