Basic Site Details Name: | Carberry Tower | Town, district or village: | Inveresk, Musselburgh | City or county: | Midlothian | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | | Status: | B listed | Grid ref: | | Notes: | Near Musselburgh. Work by Ian Lindsay won Civic Trust Award. | 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 | | | | Won award or awards | Civic Trust Award - for I G Lindsay work | | 1500s | | | Original building | | 1855 | | | Stables | | c. 1860 | | | Alterations and additions | | c. 1860 | | | Gate and lodge, stables | | c. 1880 | | | North lodge quadrants | | 1910 | | | Alterations | | 1911 | 1913 | | Partial rebuilding | | 1965 | | Build/construction | Chapel |
PeopleDesign and ConstructionClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Elphinstone, Lord | Client for 1909 alterations |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | Baker, Sonia | 2009 | The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian | | Stenlake, Catrine | p18 | | MacGibbon and Ross | | Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland | | | vol III, pp430-2, vol V, pp442-1 and 437-8 | | McWilliam, Colin | 1978 | Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp128-131 | | RIBA | 1970 | RIBA Directory 1970 | | | | | RIBA | 1981 | Directory of Practices 1981 | | | | | Savage, Peter | 1980 | Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers | | Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005) | p175 | | Small, J | 1883 | Castles and Mansions of the Lothians | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10874 | Stables- B listed | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10869 | House with terraces - B listed | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10871 | Main gate - B listed | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 10872 | North lodge - C listed | | Historic Environment Scotland | Listed Buildings Register | 51978 | Chapel - C listed | | National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO) | Gifts and deposits | | GD 156/Box 64 | | National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMS | Lorimer and Matthew Collection | | LOR C/5 |
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