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Martyrs' Public School
Glasgow Museums, Parson Street
Tel: +44 (0)141-553-2557
Open: daily by appointment only between 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Facilities: Disable Access
When Martyr’s School was commissioned in 1895, the well established local architect firm Honeyman & Keppie received the brief of constructing a school to accommodate 1000 pupils. Twenty years after the inauguration of the Education Act in Scotland in 1872, the authorities established a convention for the plan and design of new schools across Glasgow, a convention that Mackintosh adhered to. All schools were to be symmetrical with separate entrances for boys and girls.
Visitors can admire and recognise Mackintosh’s distinctive architectural traits both internally and externally. The interiors are adorned with ornate and colourful tile work and remarkable roof trusses. Prominent features in the building’s exterior include projecting cantilevered eaves, noteworthy decorative emblems on the staircase walls and large spacious windows. The distinguished exterior is the perfect balance of red sandstone walls and windows.
A particularly fine feature of Martyrs' School is the internal woodwork on the staircases. The organic details of the staircases merits close attention and study, particularly stunning roof timbers over the central hall and both stairwells. Structure, form and function are interplayed and the timber features are a distinctive theme in both Martyrs’ School and mush of Rennie Mackintosh’s later work. The school is a compact and relatively small building with a capacity of housing a considerable number of pupils in safety and comfort. Visitors will notice that Mackintosh fostered a sense of order and precision when designing this bright and airy edifice that is well supplied with natural light.
Since the 1970s, Martyr’s School no longer serves its purpose as a school and has transformed into one of Glasgow’s spectacular heritage buildings. This magnificent example of Rennie Mackintosh’s early work now serves its purpose as administration offices for Glasgow Museums. Although not a museum, visitors are invited to marvel its architectural delights by arranging an appointment to view the building in Townhead, a district of Glasgow where Rennie Mackintosh was raised as a child.
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