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M130 Additions to Saracen Tool Works

Address: East Campbell Street, Glasgow G1 5DT
Date: 1896–8; 1902–3
Client: Alexander Mathieson & Sons
Authorship:

(Office)

The Saracen Tool Works was an industrial complex spread across several streets near Glasgow Cross where Alex. Mathieson & Sons manufactured woodworking and engineering tools. It grew piecemeal during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1896, John Honeyman & Keppie designed a four-storey addition at the corner of Great Dovehill and Bell Street (formerly known as Graeme Street). In 1902, Honeyman, Keppie & Mackintosh designed a wood-drying shed in Macfarlane Street and a founding shop in Saracen Lane.

Authorship: One of the drawings approved by the Glasgow Dean of Guild Court showing ironwork for the Saracen Lane founding shop was signed by Mackintosh on behalf of the practice, but there is no evidence that he was involved in its design.

Alternative names: Alexander Mathieson & Sons.

Alternative addresses:: 272–274 Bell Street; 13–27 East Campbell Street; Gallowgate; Great Dovehill; Graeme Street; Macfarlane Street; Saracen Head Lane

Cost from office job book: Bell Street / Great Dovehill building: £1921 14s 3d; Saracen Lane founding shop: £964 1s 6d

Status: Largely demolished

Current use: Warehouse/workshop (2014)

RCAHMS Site Number: NS66SW 633

Grid Reference: NS 6003 6481

GPS coordinates: lat = 55.856102, lng = -4.237682 (Map)

'Mackintosh Architecture' 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.