Helensburgh concern over part time opening of Hill House
Visitors to Helensburgh have been found frustrated by their failure to gain morning access to one of the town’s – and Argyll’s – major attractions, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House, owned and run...
View ArticleNational Trust response to Helensburgh concerns on Hill House opening hours
Robert Ferguson, Glasgow and West Buildings and Gardens Group Manager for the National Trust for Scotland has sent us the following response to the news item – below, under Community News – on concerns...
View ArticleHelensburgh’s Hill House to benefit from Eric Knowles’s imaginative fundraiser
Yes, we do mean THE Eric Knowle. The respected BBC’s Antiques Roadshow director who has described Hill House as ‘the jewel in the crown of the National Trust for Scotland’, has been instrumental in...
View ArticleHill House Exhibition –‘Moorcroft’s New Dawn: 111 years of Design Evolution’
The new exhibition at Helensburgh’s Hill House – ‘Moorcroft’s New Dawn: 111 years of Design Evolution’, runs from 3rd September to 31st October 2008.
View ArticleLast few days of exhibition at Hill House
The exhibition, Moorcroft’s New Dawn: 111 Years of Design Evolution, has been showing at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Hill House in Helensburgh (run by the National Trust for Scotland) since 4...
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Festive family weekend at Helensburgh’s Hill House
The iconic Charles Rennie Mackintosh-designed Hill House in Helensburgh is the scene for the National Trust of Scotland‘s contribution to getting into the spirit of Christmas. Friday 5th to Sunday 7th...
View ArticleAnd the winner of the Moorcroft art nouveau ‘White ladies’ vase raffled by...
Eric Knowles, the respected BBC’s Antiques Roadshow director was responsible for arranging an eye-catching fundraiser for Hill House in Helensburgh. Knowles has described the Charles Rennie Mackintosh...
View ArticleJapanese dignitaries to visit Helensburgh’s Hill House
Japan’s Consul General, Mr Masataka Tarahara, with the Consul for Political and Economic Affairs, Mr Atsushi Inoue, are to visit Helensburgh’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed Hill House on 20th...
View ArticleSummer beano at Hill House and Arduaine Garden with Dennis and Gnasher
Heroes of The Beano, Dennis the Menace and his faithful hound Gnasher, are leading the Gnashional Treasure Hunt at some of the National Trust for Scotland’s Argyll properties this summer. This offers...
View ArticleHelensburgh Oratorio Choir to perform carol concert at Hill House
On 9th December Helensburgh Oratorio Choir is to perform a selection of well loved traditional carols in the lovely drawing room of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House.Members of the audience will...
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Mackintosh desk and chair on view in situ for first tine in 30 years
For the first time in three decades, visitors to the National Trust for Scotland’s The Hill House in Helensburgh can see a desk and chair on show in the exact spot Charles Rennie Mackintosh designed...
View ArticleRow in upmarket Helensburgh over development plan for Lieper house
Morar House in Upper Colquhoun Street was designed for a Glasgow shipping family by the leading architect William Lieper, built high on the hill on the prestigious road, with a panoramic sweep over the...
View ArticleFor one night only the grounds of Hill House become the Japanese town of Titipu
Hill House, the National Trust for Scotland’s Charles Rennie Mackintosh gem in Helensburgh is hosting the wonderful comic opera, The Mikado, this month.The celebrated company, Illyria, only added opera...
View ArticleFor Argyll 2013 tributes: to the awarded
This reminds us of the enterprises whose competitive success has been recognised in a variety of awards and nominations in 2013 – and the spectrum of businesses involved, from transport to eating out,...
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Conservation campaign for Helensburgh’s Hill House
A campaign is now underway to ensure that the renowned Mackintosh-designed Hill House in Helensburgh is still standing strong 100 years from now.Conservation charity, the National Trust for Scotland,...
View ArticlePirates of Penzance at Hill House
The gardens at the National Trust for Scotland’s Hill House in Helensburgh will host light-hearted music and drama on Friday 15th August, with Gilbert and Sullivan’s popular Pirates of Penzance.Staged...
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Helensburgh’s Hill House raising last phase of funding to keep Mackintosh...
With the recovery work from the devastating fire At Glasgow School of Art very much the topic of the moment, two stunning pieces of furniture designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh for the National...
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