Hill House

The Hill House is a villa in , , designed between 1902 and 1904 by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Commissioned by publisher Walter Blackie, the house was conceived in an innovative manner and is noted for its forward looking design and construction techniques.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: home in Helensburgh, Scotland designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh
  • Also known as: “Helensburgh, Upper Colquhoun Street, The Hill House”, “Helensburgh, Upper Colquhoun Street, The Hill House, Outbuilding”, “Helensburgh, Upper Colquhoun Street, The Hill House, Outbuildings”, “Hill House, Helensburgh”, and “The Hill House”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Helensburgh Upper railway station and Helensburgh Central railway station.

Railway station
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serves the town of , , on the north shore of the to the west of . It is located in a residential area uphill from the town centre and is by far the smaller of the town's two stations. is situated 1,800 feet south of Hill House.

Railway station
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serves the town of on the north shore of the , near , . The station is a terminus on the North Clyde Line, sited 24 miles 31 chains from , measured via and . is situated 1 mile south of Hill House.

Museum
The is a submarine naval museum in west . is situated 1 mile south of Hill House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helensburgh and Craigendoran.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , on the north bank of the River Clyde 30 miles west of Glasgow, at the opening of Gare Loch. It developed from the 19th century once ferries and the railway connected it to Glasgow: wealthy business people built their villas here, and made sure to keep heavy industry away from their bosky avenues.

Suburb
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is a suburb at the eastern end of in , on the northern shore of the . The name is from the Gaelic for "the rock of the otter".

Village
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is a village and historic parish on the east shore of the in , Scotland. The traditional spelling of its name was Row, but it was changed in the 1920s so that outsiders would pronounce it correctly. is situated 2 miles west of Hill House.

Hill House

Latitude
56.01702° or 56° 1′ 1″ north
Longitude
-4.72808° or 4° 43′ 41″ west
Levels
2
Operator
National Trust for Scotland
Open location code
9C8Q278C+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 225393555
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­house
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q654780
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Hill House” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Hill House”
  • Dutch: “Hill House”
  • French: “Hill House”
  • German: “Hill House”
  • Italian: “Hill House”
  • Japanese: “ヒル・ハウス”
  • Portuguese: “Hill House”
  • Scots: “Hill House, Milligs Mill”
  • Scots: “Hill House”
  • Spanish: “Hill House”
  • Ukrainian: “Гілл-Гауз”
  • Ukrainian: “Хілл-Хаус”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Hill House and Blackhill Plantation.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Hill House Box and Roundhouse.

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