Basic Site Details
| Name: | Mellerstain House |
| City or county: | Berwickshire |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | A Listed |
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Alternative Names
| The following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | |||
| Name | Current name? | Notes | |
 | Whitesyde | Original name of house (18th-century) | |
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1725 | 1729 | Addition | Two wings by William Adam |
| c. 1770 | c. 1775 | Build/construction | Main block by Robert Adam - incprporating wings by William Adam. |
| 1898 | 1910 | Baroque main door to entrance front, and formal gardens | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| William Adam | B | 1725 | 1729 | Wings added | |
| Robert Adam | D | c. 1770 | c. 1778 | Incorporated wings by William Adam. | |
| (Sir) Reginald Theodore Blomfield | 1898 | 1910 | Baroque main door to entrance front, and formal gardens | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Baillie, Hon, George | Client for Adam work |
| Binning, Lord | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Blomfield, Reginald Theodore | 1932 | Memoirs of an Architect | |||
| Cruft, Kitty, Dunbar, John and Fawcett, Richard | 2006 | Borders (The Buildings of Scotland) | New Haven and London: Yale University Press | p533 | |
| Fellowes, R A | Reginald Blomfield, an Edwardian Architect | pp66-7 | |||
| Strang, Charles Alexander | 1994 | Borders and Berwick: An Illustrated Architectural Guide | p169 | ||
Periodical References
| The following periodicals contain references to this building: | |||||
| Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | |
| Country Life | 4 September 1868 | |||
| Country Life | 28 August 1968 | |||
| RIBA Journal | February 1943 | London: Royal Institute of British Architects | Obituary of Blomfield | |
Archive References
| The following archives hold material relating to this building: | ||||
| Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | |
| Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 2123 | |
| Mellerstain House | Archive | Drawings attributable to William Adam survive in the archive - along with letters by him. | |