Basic Site Details Name: | Dunira House | Town, district or village: | Comrie | City or county: | Perthshire | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | Demolished | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Mostly demolished. | Building Type ClassificationThe building is classified under the following categories: | | Classification | Original classification? | Notes | | Country House | | |
EventsThe following date-based events are associated with this building: | | From | To | Event type | Notes | | 1851 | 1852 | | Original house | | 1864 | | | Additions including porte-cochere | | 1920 | | | Porte-cochere, billiard room wing, extensive alterations and formal garden terraces | | 1948 | | Destruction/demolition | Demolished after fire (except offices) |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionThe 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 Burn | | | 1851 | 1852 | Original house | | David Bryce | | | 1864 | | Additions | | Henry Edward Clifford | | B | 1920 | | Porte-cochere, billiard room wing, extensive alterations and formal garden terraces - in association with T H Mawson | | Thomas Hayton Mawson | | B | 1920 | | Formal garden terraces - in association with H E Clifford |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Dundas, Sir David Bt. | | | Gilchrist-Macbeth, R W - shipowner | Client for Clifford alterations |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Clifford, William Henry Morton | 1986 | Recollections about my father | | Typescript, per Iain D Paterson, in DMW archive | p8 | | Colvin, Howard | 2008 | A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600-1840 | | London: YUP. 4th edition | | | Haynes, Nick | 2000 | Perth and Kinross: an illustrated architectural guide | | Edinburgh: Rutland Press | p98 | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1927 | The Life and Works of an English Landscape Architect | | | pp321-2 | | Waymark, Janet | 2009 | Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscape | | Frances Lincoln Ltd. London | p235, pp131-133 illus |
Periodical ReferencesThe following periodicals contain references to this building: | | Periodical Name | Date | Edition | Publisher | Notes | | Builder | 27 May 1876 | XXXIV | | Obituary of David Bryce | | RIBA Transactions | 1870 | | | p125-128. List of works by Burn, compiled by T L Donaldson |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | NMRS Architects Index | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Drawings Collection | | Four drawings by Burn |
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