Project to dry out Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House at ‘critical’ stage

Hill House has for years been drying out inside a giant ‘box’ (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

A project to dry out Charles Rennie Mackintosh masterpiece the Hill House has reached a “critical juncture” with the removal of the cement render that contributed to the water damage problem.

A giant steel box around the property in Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, was completed in 2019 to protect its saturated walls from further damage from the elements and enable it to gradually dry out as part a long-term conservation programme.