Basic Site Details

Alternative Names

The following alternative names are associated with this building/design:
	Name	Current name?	Notes
	Aldourie House	Yes

Building Type Classification

The building is classified under the following categories:
	Classification	Original classification?	Notes
	Castle

Events

The following date-based events are associated with this building:
	From	To	Event type	Notes
	Late 1600s		Build/construction	Original house
	Early 1700s		Alterations and additions
	1838		Alterations and additions	NW drawing room built
	1851		Alterations and additions	First remodelling, eastern tower addition, circular stair in the eastern re-entrant angle of the drawing room heightened to a Midmar-like form with a crenallted parapet.
	1861		Proposed	Scheme for remodelling the west end of the house, alternatice proposals for the entrance tower on the south front, the Midmar-like tower to be remodelled to a Castle Fraser like form or given a candelsnuffer roof. Scheme not carried out.
	May 1861		Proposed	Scheme for remodelling and extending the west end of the house, circular tower remodelled to Castle Fraser form as in one of the Peddie & Kinnear schemes, scheme for reconstructing the 1838 drawing room, canted bay almost identical to Peddie & Kinnear proposal. Scheme not carried out.
	c. 1863		Alterations and additions	West end of house reconstructed using Bryce's proposal for an L-plan drawings room, but with completely different elevations. No drawings, but detials consistent with Mathews & Lawrie's work and quite unlike either Bryce or Kinnear's.
	1902			New dining room and scullery wing added
	14 March 1905			New entrance lodge

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
	James Matthews		A	1851		First remodelling, eastern tower addition, circular stair in the eastern re-entrant angle of the drawing room heightened to a Midmar-like form with a crenallted parapet.
	Mackenzie & Matthews		A	1851		First remodelling, eastern tower addition, circular stair in the eastern re-entrant angle of the drawing room heightened to a Midmar-like form with a crenallted parapet.
	Thomas Mackenzie		A	1851		First remodelling, eastern tower addition, circular stair in the eastern re-entrant angle of the drawing room heightened to a Midmar-like form with a crenallted parapet.
	Charles George Hood Kinnear		B	1861		Scheme for remodelling the west end of the house, alternatice proposals for the entrance tower on the south front, the Midmar-like tower to be remodelled to a Castle Fraser like form or given a candelsnuffer roof.
	John Dick Peddie		B	1861		Scheme for remodelling the west end of the house, alternatice proposals for the entrance tower on the south front, the Midmar-like tower to be remodelled to a Castle Fraser like form or given a candelsnuffer roof.
	Peddie & Kinnear		B	1861		Scheme for remodelling the west end of the house, alternatice proposals for the entrance tower on the south front, the Midmar-like tower to be remodelled to a Castle Fraser like form or given a candelsnuffer roof.
	David Bryce		D	May 1861		Scheme for remodelling and extending the west end of the house, circular tower remodelled to Castel fraser form as in one of the Peddie & Kinnear schemes, scheme for reconstructing the 1838 drawing room, canted bay almost identical to Peddie & Kinnear proposal.
	James Matthews		D	c. 1863		West end of house reconstructed using Bryce's proposal for an L-plan drawings room, but with completely different elevations. No drawings, but detials consistent with Mathews & Lawrie's work and quite unlike either Bryce or Kinnear's.
	Matthews & Lawrie		D	c. 1863		West end of house reconstructed using Bryce's proposal for an L-plan drawings room, but with completely different elevations. No drawings, but details consistent with Mathews & Lawrie's work and quite unlike either Bryce or Kinnear's.
	William Lawrie		D	c. 1863		West end of house reconstructed using Bryce's proposal for an L-plan drawings room, but with completely different elevations. No drawings, but detials consistent with Mathews & Lawrie's work and quite unlike either Bryce or Kinnear's.
	(Sir) Robert Stodart Lorimer			1902		New dining room and scullery wing added
	Cameron & Burnett		B	1905		New entrance lodge
	James Russell Burnett		B	1905		New entrance lodge

Clients

The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design:
	Name	Notes
	Fraser-Tytler, A

References

Bibliographic References

The following books contain references to this building:
	Author(s)	Date	Title	Part	Publisher	Notes
	Architects Engineers and Building Trades Directory	1868	Architect's, Engineer's and Building Trades' Directory		London, Wyman	Entry for James Matthews
	Gifford, John	1992	Highland and Islands (The Buildings of Scotland)		Penguin Books	p144
	Historic Scotland Lists
	Miers, Mary	2011	Aldourie Castle - A Highland Fairytale		Country Life, 26 January 2011
	New Statistical Account of Scotland		New Statistical Account of Scotland			xiv (1841), p373
	Savage, Peter	1980	Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers		Edinburgh: Paul Harris Publishing, 1980 (also paperback ed, London & Edinburgh: Steve Savage, 2005)	p173

Periodical References

The following periodicals contain references to this building:
	Periodical Name	Date	Edition	Publisher	Notes
	Inverness Courier	14 March 1905

Archive References

The following archives hold material relating to this building:
	Source	Archive name	Source catalogue no.	Notes
	Courtesy of Mary Miers (based partly on study by Lucy Denton)	Information sent to Professor David Walker		Sent 2010
	Historic Environment Scotland	Listed Buildings Register	535
	In possession of Roger Tempest	Undated drawings