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78 Derngate (Northampton)

 
Description: 82 Derngate / Northampton / NN1 1UH / Northamptonshire / England / E-mail : info@78derngate.org.uk / Website : ... more
78 Derngate (Northampton) ... www.78derngate.org.uk / / Welcome to this unique house, remodelled in 1916-17 by renowned Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Northampton businessman Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke. After eighteen months of careful restoration the house has been returned to its 1917 appearance. The adjoining property, number 80, has been transformed from a small Georgian terrace into a modern gallery. It houses an exhibition about the 1917 design of number 78 and about Bassett-Lowke and his business. It includes a display of many fine model ships and trains. The entrance is through number 82, which houses The Dining Room Restaurant, Gallery, shop and where one can see a short video about how the restoration was undertaken. Location: In the heart of Northampton, close to the Derngate Theatre.

Newest Review: ... a case for buying the house and restoring it to its original glory. So began years of painstaking research and restoration work, which was supported by a variety of local and national grants and endowments. To date, £1.4 million has been spent on the restoration. B-L was a keen photographer so many photos were available to help the restorers – all of them were, of course, in black and white. ... more

 ... Throughout the house the philosophy has been to only restore what they KNOW was there – no guesswork, no extrapolation. Even though some things must have been there, if they aren’t shown on the photos, they aren’t reproduced. Why we went to see it ****...more

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koshkha
Crowned Review 78 Derngate (Northampton): Charles Rennie Mackintosh for people south of the border (2184 words)
by - written on 25/06/07 (Very useful, 1012 readings)
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh is a name so deeply and intrinsically linked with Scottish art and architecture that it’s not surprising to find he was only ever involved in the design of one building south of the border. What is surprising is that the house wasn’t a big grand mansion in London or a major city. The place that calls itself ‘The House that Mack Built’ was a very modest town house in Northampton at 78 Derngate. It’s the sort of place you would easily pass without blinking an eye if it weren’t for the advertising board out on the street outside. And to be precise, he didn’t actually build it, he ‘remodelled it’. The house was owned by a local ...  Read the complete review

 

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