
What is recorded here
Tower in the Mackintosh-designed courtyard, Queen Margaret College is a castle, fort or tower in Glasgow City, Scotland. Perhaps students still press palms against its stones before exams, believing the tower returns courage. Maybe the courtyard echoes with forgotten arguments about architecture and fate. Imagine the tower watching Glasgow through centuries while people argue beneath it.
A named place photographed at this map point in Glasgow City.
The tower in the Mackintosh-designed courtyard at Queen Margaret College was designed by architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh as part of the original 19th-century campus buildings. It is important as a surviving example of Mackintosh's work and a key feature of the Glasgow School of Art's architectural legacy.
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Photo: David McMumm · CC BY-SA 2.0