![]() | M023 Dunloe, Wemyss BayAddress: Wemyss Bay Road, Wemyss Bay PA18 6ADDate: 1889–91 Client: N. B. Stewart of Keil Authorship: ![]() |
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 M000 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 M000 has been extracted from the job books:
Phase 1: Dunloe, 1889–91
Client: Ninian Bannatyne Stewart
Measurer: Barr & Knox
Tenders:
Contractor | Type | Address | Date | Value | Accepted |
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P. & W. Anderson | mason | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £3047 0s 0d | yes (no data in job book) |
Alex. Muir & Sons | mason | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £3131 0s 0d | no |
Robert Murdoch | mason | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £3110 0s 0d | no |
Peter McKissack & Son | mason | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £3184 0s 0d | no |
W. W. Oswald | mason | Skelmorlie | 22 November 1889 | £2765 0s 0d | no |
William Hunter | mason | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £2786 0s 0d | no |
Stewart | joiner | Wemyss Bay | 22 November 1889 | £1830 0s 0d | no |
Williamson & Gray | joiner | Greenock | 22 November 1889 | £1985 0s 0d | no |
Thomas Brown | joiner | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £1799 0s 0d | |
Hunter & Marshall | joiner | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £1939 0s 0d | no |
Hutcheson & Grant | joiner | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £1599 0s 0d | yes (27 November 1889) |
Guthrie & Co. | joiner | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £1750 0s 0d | no |
James Ingleton | plumber | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £395 0s 0d | no |
Wallace & Connell | plumber | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £489 0s 0d | no |
Moses Speirs & Son | plumber | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £380 0s 0d | yes (27 November 1889) |
D. & R. Fulton | plumber | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £415 0s 0d | no |
Johnstone & Sons | plumber | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £400 0s 0d | no |
McGilvray & Ferris | plasterer | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £252 0s 0d | no |
James Caird & Co. | plasterer | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £235 0s 0d | yes (27 November 1889) |
William Sheriffs | plasterer | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £247 10s [4]½d | no |
A. & D. MacKay | slater | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £134 3s 4d | no |
Peter MacKay | slater | Greenock | 22 November 1889 | £128 5s 0d | yes (no data in job book) |
Connell | slater | Skelmorlie | 22 November 1889 | £136 10s 11d | no |
William Darrie | slater | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £146 15s 0d | no |
Boyd & Son | heating | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £147 0s 0d | no |
James Cormack & Sons Ltd | heating | no data in job book | 22 November 1889 | £131 7s 2d | yes (no data in job book) |
R. A. McGilvray & Ferris | carving | no data in job book | 2 July | £130 4s 0d | yes (11 July) |
William Kellock Brown | carving | no data in job book | 2 July | £55 5s 0d 1 | yes (11 July) |
Payments (trades):
Name | Type | Payment out sum | Measurer fee payments |
---|---|---|---|
P. & W. Anderson | mason |
Payment date: no data in job book £3642 10s 8½d |
no data in job book |
Hutcheson & Grant | joiner | Payment date: 12 October
1891 £1715 3s 11d 2 |
£22 10s 0d |
Moses Speirs & Son | plumber | Payment date: 23 October
1891 £501 13 1d |
no data in job book |
James Caird & Co. | plasterer | Payment date: 12 October
1891 £243 3s 4d 3 |
£3 5s 0d |
Peter MacKay | slater | Payment date: 28 October
1891 £163 10s 3d 4 |
£2 5s 0d |
William Kellock Brown | carving | Payment date: 18 May £55 5s 0d |
|
R. A. McGilvray & Ferris | carving |
Payment date: 18 June £151 14s 0d |
|
P. & W. Anderson | mason | Payment date: 10
July £126 17s 2d |
|
James Cormack & Sons Ltd | heating | Payment date: 12
October 1891 £49 10s 0d 5 |
Payments (suppliers):
Name | Service | Payment date | Payment sum |
---|---|---|---|
John Orr & Sons | no data in job book | 13 November [1891] | £160 8s 0d 6 |
John Bryden & Sons | Bells & blinds etc | 28 October 1891 | £88 13s 9d |
McCulloch & Gow | Stained Glass, Hall | 19 May | £60 0s 0d 7 |
John Craig | no data in job book | 4 September 1891 | £52 0s 0d |
William Meikle & Son | 'shifting mirrors' | 14 November 1890 | £1 11s 6d |
Measurer fee payment: £176 15s 6d (6 January 1891)
Phase 2: Alterations and repairs at Ardvar, 1889–91
Notes:
1: Tender for 'bronze panels'.
2: 'Jobbings in old house (included) £60. Billiard room roof, back gate, water tank'. Includes 'drawing room Chimney pieces & cupboard' at £35 7s 10d.
3: 'Jobbing in old house £22 18s 10d'.
4: 'Jobbings £13 7s 6d'.
5: For 'Jobbing a/c (labourerers at [illegible]) Dunloe; making road & laying off grounds etc'.
6: Measurer's fee £3 15s 0d.
7: 'as per offer'.