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 Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
 ClassificationOriginal classification?Notes
Item 1 of 1Country House  

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
 FromToEvent typeNotes
Item 1 of 9  Won award or awardsCivic Trust Award - for I G Lindsay work
Item 2 of 91500s  Original building
Item 3 of 91855  Stables
Item 4 of 9c. 1860  Alterations and additions
Item 5 of 9c. 1860  Gate and lodge, stables
Item 6 of 9c. 1880  North lodge quadrants
Item 7 of 91910  Alterations
Item 8 of 919111913 Partial rebuilding
Item 9 of 91965 Build/constructionChapel

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.
 NameRolePartnership GroupFromToNotes
Item 1 of 11Archibald Scott  1855  
Item 2 of 11David Bryce Cc. 1860 Alterations and additions
Item 3 of 11D & J Bryce Dc. 1880 North lodge quadrants
Item 4 of 11John Bryce II (or John Bryce (junior)) Dc. 1880 North lodge quadrants
Item 5 of 11(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer  1910 Alterations, including internal refurbishment
Item 6 of 11Alfred Lightly MacGibbon A19111913Partial rebuilding (and restoration of sundial)
Item 7 of 11MacGibbon & Ross A19111913Partial rebuilding (and restoration of sundial)
Item 8 of 11Thomas Ross A19111913Partial rebuilding (and restoration of sundial)
Item 9 of 11Ian G Lindsay & Partners F1965 Chapel
Item 10 of 11Ian Gordon Lindsay F1965 Chapel
Item 11 of 11John Herdman Reid F1965 Chapel

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
 NameNotes
Item 1 of 1Elphinstone, LordClient for 1909 alterations

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 7Baker, Sonia2009The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of East Lothian Stenlake, Catrinep18
Item 2 of 7MacGibbon and Ross Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland  vol III, pp430-2, vol V, pp442-1 and 437-8
Item 3 of 7McWilliam, Colin1978Lothian (The Buildings of Scotland)  pp128-131
Item 4 of 7RIBA1970RIBA Directory 1970   
Item 5 of 7RIBA1981Directory of Practices 1981   
Item 6 of 7Savage, Peter1980Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)p175
Item 7 of 7Small, J1883Castles and Mansions of the Lothians   

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
 SourceArchive nameSource catalogue no.Notes
Item 1 of 7Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register10874Stables- B listed
Item 2 of 7Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register10869House with terraces - B listed
Item 3 of 7Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register10871Main gate - B listed
Item 4 of 7Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register10872North lodge - C listed
Item 5 of 7Historic Environment ScotlandListed Buildings Register51978Chapel - C listed
Item 6 of 7National Archives of Scotland (formerly SRO)Gifts and deposits GD 156/Box 64
Item 7 of 7National Monuments Record of Scotland/NMRS, RCAHMSLorimer and Matthew Collection LOR C/5