Museum

The Hill House

Helensburgh

With a National Art Pass you get

Free entry

Scotland's most famous architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh created the Hill House for publisher Walter Blackie and his family in 1902-4.

Mackintosh was responsible not only for the building but also for its interior decoration, on which he collaborated with his wife Margaret Macdonald. He persuaded Blackie to jettison most of his existing furniture so he could create a perfect work of art, in which every last detail, down to the light fittings, formed part of a harmonious whole. The Blackie family lived in the house until the National Trust took it over in 1982, and it retains the feel of a family home.

Seen from the outside, the house looks like a marriage of Scottish Baronial and Modernism. The stark grey roughcast walls of the exterior hardly prepare you for the lightness and elegance within.

Visitor information

Address

The Hill House

Upper Colquhoun Street, Helensburgh, Argyll & Bute, G84 9AJ
01436 673900

Opening times

Please check The Hill House website for details of opening hours

Refurbishments

Major development work to take place over winter 2017/2018. New temporary visitor centre to be ready for spring 2018, along opportunities for visitors to see conservation in action building project. 2018 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Hill House architect CR Mackintosh. See www.nts.org.uk for more details

Visitor information

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