Basic Site Details Name: | Ballimore, Otter Ferry | Town, district or village: | Loch Fyne | City or county: | Argyll | Country: | Scotland | Parish: | Kilfinan | Status: | | Grid ref: | | Notes: | NB Mawson was already working on the garden here when he was joined in practice by Dan Gibson. James Pulham & Son, rock garden and cascade specialists also involved. | Alternative NamesThe following alternative names are associated with this building/design: | | Name | Current name? | Notes | | Otter House | Yes | |
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 | | 1832 | | | Original house | | 1898 | 1899 | | Remodelling for Major McRae Gilstrap | | 1899 | | Build/construction | Garden work and associated architectural work | | 1914 | | | Extension |
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 | | David Hamilton | | A | 1832 | | Original house | | Leiper & McNab | | B | 1899 | | Remodelling | | William Hunter McNab | | B | 1899 | | Remodelling; possibly also extension in 1914 (B of S attribution) | | William Leiper | | B | 1899 | | Remodelling | | Dan Gibson | | C | Before 1899 | | Architectural work in conjunction with Mawson's garden improvements | | Mawson & Gibson | | C | Before 1899 | | Garden improvements | | Thomas Hayton Mawson | | C | Before 1899 | | Garden improvements | | George Mackie Watson | | | After 1911(?) | Before 1928 | Unspecified work, in independent practice - possibly 1914 extension? |
ClientsThe following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | | Name | Notes | | Gilstrap, Major McRae (or Gilstrap, Major MacRae) | Baronial reworking of house of 1832 |
ReferencesBibliographic ReferencesThe following books contain references to this building: | | Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | | | 1996 | Seeing the Wood AND the Trees: Thomas H Mawson and Garden Design in Argyll and Bute | | Local History (the magazine of Argyll & Bute Library Service, Local Collections), Issue 1, pp 4-9 | | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1900 | Art and Craft of Garden Making | | | | | Mawson, Thomas H | 1927 | The Life and Works of an English Landscape Architect | | | | | RSA | 1899 | | | | 676, 677 (Leiper's remodelling) | | Walker, F A | 2000 | Argyll and Bute (The Buildings of Scotland) | | | pp423-424 - attributes 1914 extension to William Hunter McNab | | Waymark, Janet | 2009 | Thomas Mawson: Life, Gardens and Landscape | | Frances Lincoln Ltd. London | pp231, 88-89 (illus) | | Who's Who in Glasgow | 1909 | | | | |
Archive ReferencesThe following archives hold material relating to this building: | | Source | Archive name | Source catalogue no. | Notes | | Information courtesy of Graeme More who has specialist knowledge of Dan Gibson | Information via website (from Graeme More) | | | | RIBA Archive, Victoria & Albert Museum | RIBA Nomination Papers | | George Mackie Watson: F no2586 (box 6) |
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