78 Derngate is a Grade II* listedGeorgian house in the centre of Northampton, England. It's noted for its interior, which was extensively redeveloped in 1916 and 1917 by noted architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh for businessman Wenman Joseph Bassett-Lowke. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... This is about Northampton in England, for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation) Northampton Guild Hall, built 1861-4, E.W. Godwin, architect Northampton is a large market town and a local government district in central England upon the River Nene, and the county town of Northamptonshire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Mackintoshs Scotland Street school in Glasgow Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist who was a designer in the Arts and Crafts Movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in Scotland. ...
From 1964 to 1993 the building was used by Northampton High School for Girls, initially as offices but later as classrooms. In 2002 work started to restore the house to Mackintosh's original design. After eighteen months of restoration, the house was opened to the public in late 2003. Guided tours (max. four to a group) provide an insight into this stunning and rare example of a Mackintosh-designed house in England. 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
78Derngate was not only Mackintoshs last significant commission, but also a most unusual and intriguing one, which helps modify the modern mythical interpretation of his career.
78Derngate is a house of the 1820s in the centre of a short red-brick late Georgian terrace.
While the new front door of no 78, with its decorative coloured glass and details similar to those on the west wing of the Glasgow School of Art is clearly Mackintoshs work, the adjacent projecting bay window with its leaded-light windows may well be Andersons.
In 1916 his father bought an early nineteenth-century terraced house at 78Derngate, which he gave to his son on his marriage in 1917.
Both 78 and its neighbor 80 Derngate were bought by the local government authority in 1996, and it was decided to open the former to the public following preservation and restoration, and to open the latter as a museum.
This work is now complete, and 78 Derngate--the last major commission undertaken by Mackintosh--is open by reservation to the public from March to November, Saturdays to Thursdays by telephoning 44-1604-603407.
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